Ballydoyle's bauble

"America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there."
Laurence J. Peter

My first flight instructor liked to tell me that 'there are old pilots and bold pilots but there are no old, bold pilots.' It sounded like a load of crap at the time and still does to some extent, I mean who doesn't like their pilot to be arrogant and oblivious to rules and regulations?

Since then I have learned a few things and forgotten more but the one thing I know is that whenever something goes wrong, you don't start flailing wildly with the hope of doing the right thing.

I think Kahlifonia's rush to install synthetics on all its tracks is just such a spastic display. None of that is news and has been covered ad nauseam but what I wonder is just what this year's BC Classic is going to prove to anyone other than Curlin?

Ballydoyle is making its annual jaunt across the pond to take down the Classic. They have never been shy about their desire to, wrest from us silly colonials, that dirt race. With the best, remaining, turf runners in the world, another GI turf victory would mean absolutely nothing to their future stud value. So they come here to get that elusive GI dirt win and propel their horses to the breeding stratosphere.

If they win the Classic this year, what the hell is that going to prove?