Comments on: Introducing BC360

By: dana

dana — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:29:37 +0000

“people from all over the world, dressed up and drunk, cheering on full fields of good horses”

can that be the new BC tag line?

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:24:56 +0000

Thanks, Teresa. More will certainly be forthcoming as the site gets busier, the BC closer.

Geno, I know EJXD2 is keen on a meet-up BC week. We’ll have to organize something.

Fair point, if we’re talking significance for racing careers and determining class, then yes, the Classic races matter more to the 3YOs than any of the BC races. I was thinking “biggest” in terms of the social spectacle that is the Derby and BC. You know, people from all over the world, dressed up and drunk, cheering on full fields of good horses, outnumbering the handicappers and geeks …

The stats feature is really cool. Of course, being ever-demanding, there are a few more things I wish it could do, but as a resource, it is so useful.

By: dana

dana — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:42:46 +0000

Congrats and great work, definitely not more of the same! Love the stats section and am looking forward to spending more time in there. Also love that one can download charts of the races.

And interesting point of contention that Ed brings up. I think one can argue that a number of ways and it will boil down to the definition of biggest vs. significant. I think you’re both right, as I suspect you’re talking about different angles, but I hope you’ll both post on it!

By: Geno

Geno — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:19:19 +0000

Congrats, Jessica. I look forward to visiting and using the BC360 site! Hope to see you at OSA.

By: EJXD2

EJXD2 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:11:24 +0000

Hopefully you won’t mind me going off topic with this comment, but I disagree with something you said.

I’d rank the Breeders’ Cup behind each of the Triple Crown races in terms of significance in the U.S. racing scene.

That’s obviously a separate conversation altogether. Maybe we can both do a post on it?

By: Teresa

Teresa — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:06:16 +0000

Congratulations, Jessica! Best of luck and I’ll look forward to hearing more.