The Tampa Bay Derby might as well be an ALW race - and Palm Meadows is what - like 3.5 hours to Tampa and 1 hour to Gulfstream.
It boils down to facing Uncle Mo for no graded money in a one-turn mile - or facing Brethern for a lot of Graded money in a two-turn 8.5f race... but yeah, you do have to spend an extra 2.5 hours on a van for the latter.
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