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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698
Interesting to say the least. I'm not knocking it, but don't you think a two turn race at some point before the Derby might be beneficial? As for the original question, I'd go with an allowance race at Gulfstream early February going either 7F or a mile. Over to tampa for the Tampa Bay Derby, and back up home to NY for the Wood.
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To be honest, I didn't know if the mile race at Laurel would be two-turns or not. But, IMO, a trainer can use workouts to find that out. It's not too difficult to simulate race conditions in a workout and it's not hard at all to get a horse to work two-turns. My main goal would be not to get the horse too drained before the big day. I've long disagreed with the theory that a horse has to run at 9f before he can run at 10f. I don't think the Florida Derby distance helped Barbaro win. I don't think the Arkansas Derby distance helped Smarty win. I think either would have won even if their preps had been 8-8.5f. I'm a big believer in the fact that either a horse can do something or they can't.
If I did want to see an actual race at two-turns though, I'd substitute the Lexington for the Derby Trial.
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