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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord
It's a comically stupid point.
No one knew Dreaming of Julia was anywhere near that good until her last race. What kind of moronic trainer would have started her in the Florida Derby?
here is a list of every single filly to race in the Kentucky Derby since 1945:
2010 Devil May Care
2008 Eight Belles
1999 Excellent Meeting
1999 Three Ring
1995 Serena's Song
1988 Winning Colors
1984 Life's Magic
1984 Althea
1982 Cupecoy's Joy
1980 Genuine Risk
1959 Silver Spoon
That's a grand total of just 11 fillies. And 2 of them won it.
I think the last filly to enter the Preakness was Rachel Alexandra, she won.
I think the last filly to enter the Belmont is Rags to Riches, she won.
The simple solution was always to slap the 'win and you're in' label on the final major Kentucky Oaks preps.
Under the old system... thousands of fillies had the Graded Earnings to get into the Derby ... of those thousands, only 11 started. Even Rachel Alexandra and Rags To Riches ducked.
The 19th and 20th horses to get in on points are going to be garbage pales almost every year...if you haven't figured that out yet. And even top class fillies are going to avoid the Derby because of the conservative nature of horse trainers... if you haven't figured that out yet.
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It's actually far from comically stupid. It's totally relevant.