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Originally Posted by slotdirt
19 years since a Blue Grass winner won the Derby. Why is it a GI race again?
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While the Blue Grass has marginalized itself plenty since the advent of Poly, winning a final Derby prep and then the Derby isn't exactly the criteria for Gr. I status.
Since 1990...
Blue Grass: 5 Derby winners
Street Sense (2nd)
Thunder Gulch (Unpl.)
Sea Hero (Unpl.)
Strike the Gold (WON)
Undridled (3rd)
Arkansas Derby: 3 Derby winners
Smarty Jones (WON)
Grindstone (2nd)
Lil E. Tee (2nd)
Wood Memorial: 4 Derby winners
Funny Cide (2nd)
Monarchos (2nd)
FuPeg (WON)
Go for Gin (2nd)
Santa Anita Derby: 4 winners
Giacomo (Unpl.)
Charismatic (Unpl.)
Real Quiet (2nd)
Silver Charm (2nd)
Florida Derby: 6 winners
Big Brown (WON)
Barbaro (WON)
Monarchos (WON)
Thunder Gulch (WON)
Go for Gin (Unpl.)
Strike the Gold (2nd)
Unbridled (WON)
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