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By Jay Cronley
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, October 27, 2008

Here's what I might have learned from this round of Breeders' Cup follies; you never know if you gained any material of value until you bet again. All synthetic surfaces are not the same. Each artificial surface has given rise to a specialist, a style of runner who probably won't look like the same animal elsewhere. About all the freeze-dried-peat-moss-like substance has in common with real dirt is color. If you think the Juvenile winner, Midshipman, is something special, you can go ahead and ...

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