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Originally Posted by ronsmac
The Big Cap and Gold Cup are shells of their former selves. The Big Cap used to be one of my favorite races but it's starting to resemble the Jockey Club Gold Cup these days. Grade ones in name only.
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That's really true of the entire "Handicap" schedule.
The races that matter are the BC Classic and the Pegasus.
But the thing is, if you have a BC Classic winner who also has a great season in the handicap division, that's the benchmark for HOTY. Because those are unrestricted races.