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Originally Posted by pmayjr
Was the Illinois Derby always 2 weeks before the Kentucky Derby? I thought it was 3 weeks out...
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Was actually 4 weeks. Same as Wood & Santa Anita Derby. Since Churchill omitted Hawthorne from the point system, they figured they could do something different to give the race some importance as a Preakness prep.
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