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Originally Posted by classhandicapper
I know everyone hates the BC Dirt Mile, but these are the graded stakes dirt miles races for males (with a sample of at least 5 races) in recent years. Based on average Beyer figure, the BC Dirt Mile is the 2nd highest quality mile race on dirt behind the Metropolitan (ahead of the Cigar) and the 2nd highest on a computer calculated Class rating that takes into account who was in the field. So it's not like it isn't a high quality race on average.
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Isn't that skewed by the fact it's so late in the year and the fact that so few horses are truly bred to go longer than a mile these days (if "these days" is the last 20 years)?
