I always bring up this point when talking about why I think the TC conditions should be changed and people scream that it shouldn't because of tradition and how changing it would cheapen it. They don't even realize that only the last three winners won under it's present conditions. There were some that had only one week between the Derby and Preakness. There were some that had only two weeks between the Preakness and Belmont. There was even a time when there was four weeks between the Preakness and Belmont. Nobody says Secretariat or Affirmed won a cheapened crown because they did it under different conditions.
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