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Originally Posted by bisket
prior to the 1980's the handicap races were just as important as the triple crown races. the breeders cup changed that.
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Handicap races stop being important long before the Breeders Cup started. It stopped when a horse could make more as an unproven stud than he could racing. Stakes racing is today (and has been since the 1970s) about making a name which can fetch a high stud fee. On a side note, when was last time a horse carried a 130 lbs in a major handicap? My guess is that it has been decades.
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Some day in the not too distant future, horse players will betting on computer generated races over the net. Race tracks will become casinos and shopping centers. And some crooner will be belting out "there used to be a race track here".
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