Euro racing taking the flavor of American racing at the upper echelons.
Both Vadeni and Adayar now opting for the Arc rather than taking on Baaeed in the Champion.
So the "best horse in the world" skips the "biggest race in the world" for his final start and the 3 horses that are well suited to the Champion are scattering like roaches, trying the Arc instead with major question marks on stamina & conditioning.
So Baaeed will likely deliver an "unbelievable" display pummeling some outclassed rivals (probably Mishriff again) and he will go into the record books without even facing the best of his generation at any point.
Maybe if he wins by 19 1/4 lengths they'll say he was better than Nijinsky II...
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