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Originally Posted by eurobounce
I have often wondered why trainers do not attempt races like the Illinois Derby, Ohio Derby etc etc with their top fillies. Those fields are usually weak or only have 1 major contendar.
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That's what I would do. Usually, trainers try it once and if they lose, they give up. They should do like Lukas did with Serena's Song. I believe she won the Jim Beam early, lost the Derby and then won the Haskell later.
As Danzig said, fillies run against males all the time everywhere else in the world except here. It's really not as big a deal as people make it to be.
Also, this year's 3yo's don't seem to be that good of a group to me. I can't think of a single one that would scare me off if I had a good colt or filly at this point. The only ones that would cause me any concern are Nobiz and maybe Any Given Saturday. As we all know, so much can happen and change between now and Derby day so I'd at least point her to the race. Take a route with races facing males earlier. If she fails, she could always fall back to female races in time for the Oaks.
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