Keeneland interested in hosting Breeders' Cup

[Al Gobbi]

Keeneland Race Course is in the running to host the Breeders' Cup World Championships. Keeneland president and CEO Bill Thomason confirmed Thursday that the Lexington track has to be considered for the two-day fall championships as early as 2015.

Keeneland would produce "an event like the Breeders' Cup's never seen," Thomason said. "It's coming to the center of the horse capital of the world. We know it would be an amazing Breeders' Cup. The issue would be how would we manage having an event of the scope."

http://www.kentucky.com/2014/03/27/3...#storylink=cpy

[taxicab]

The three tracks I would like to see host the Cup in the near future:
Keenland.
Belmont.
Woodbine.
All three would be solid choices.

[tanner12oz]

I would love to see ot but personally I dont know how the hell they pull it off

[Stillriledup]

Get rid of the rubber track and you might have a chance.

[Bennie]

Will be glad when they run somewhere else besides Santa Anita but for me, no poly tracks. When they do I only play the turf races and the Classic. pass on all the others.

[BIG49010]

It should be put on some sort of schedule East Belmont - Midwest Churchill - Wildcards - West Santa Anita

Wildcards - Arlington, Gulfstream, Woodbine, Keenland, Oaklawn, Others?

Quit playing to NBC, and do things for the real fans that want to see racing in there area of the world.

[alhattab]

Originally Posted by Stillriledup

Get rid of the rubber track and you might have a chance.

I don't know if they have any commitments or anything, but if they do not I expect Keeneland's 2014 Fall Meet to be run on dirt.

[olddaddy]

Originally Posted by BIG49010

It should be put on some sort of schedule East Belmont - Midwest Churchill - Wildcards - West Santa Anita

Wildcards - Arlington, Gulfstream, Woodbine, Keenland, Oaklawn, Others?

Quit playing to NBC, and do things for the real fans that want to see racing in there area of the world.

Cant have it at Oaklawn, no grass.

[tanner12oz]

Does fairgrounds have anywhere near the capacity and facilities needed? Weather would be warmer...hurricane threat...cdi track

[BIG49010]

Originally Posted by olddaddy

Cant have it at Oaklawn, no grass.

Maybe they put one in, never been there what is in the infield? Monmouth is another

[Silver florin]

Originally Posted by Stillriledup

Get rid of the rubber track and you might have a chance.

If the people at Keenland are really seriously thinking B.Cup then you can be sure that they already have made the decision to scrap the Polycrap and bring dirt back.

[duncan04]

Originally Posted by Silver florin

If the people at Keenland are really seriously thinking B.Cup then you can be sure that they already have made the decision to scrap the Polycrap and bring dirt back.

Great if that is true, we can go back to the days of horseplayers complaining about the dirt track.

[alhattab]

Originally Posted by duncan04

Great if that is true, we can go back to the days of horseplayers complaining about the dirt track.

When Keeneland changed the surface, I also thought they corrected a quirk at the start of the clubhouse turn which was believed to have contributed to Keeneland's persistent speed bias. The linked article touches on it a bit but doesn't get into the implications/handicapping considerations resulting from the changes made to make the turns more symmetrical. I saw another article from Beyer written in 2003 which suggested that Keeneland's west-facing track may have contributed to keeping moisture toward the rail, which caused the rail to be firmer relative to the outside.

As an aside, if you search for Keeneland track bias you catch a lot of articles talking about the switch to Polytrack as the wave of the future...

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...ations-planned

[Tom]

BC people have no concern what the bettors want, as long as we send in the money. This event is not about us. Never has been, at least the last 10-15 years. Good idea to start, not so much anymore. The game would be better off without it.

But if you are going to have it, for God's sake not at KEE!

[lamboguy]

i like where they have it now. the weather is always the same, the area is beautiful, they got great places to eat and top hotels like The Langham Hotel in Pasadena. all that and a great cast of characters running around the whole place.