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Originally Posted by Spalding No!
You suggested that it was the training environment, relative paces, and aggressive riding tactics that gave west coast horses an edge. So shouldn't even lesser types that ship east from the west win?
I basically took away two horses that dominated their respective divisions and the whole idea comes undone. Chalon winning a minor stakes (and losing 3 graded stakes in the east) won't rescue your theory.
It basically comes down to the quality of the horse. Nothing about west coast being inherently stronger than the east.
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and how many minor horses are gonna ship? I mean your only going to do it with good horses in good races.
I would say a 250k stake on Belmont weekend is a major race, if you see that different so be it.
I would also include any ship on dirt from socal to any track east of it.
run the numbers, I bet its a huge profit maker. I dont have the database to go back more than a couple months.
