Steve Haskin's latest: 'Leave Crown Alone'

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I don't think D Wayne really cares about whether the TC races are changed; I think he cares about getting his name in the paper and is very good at giving quotes that will do just that. And he succeeded, because here's a whole thread based on an editorial based on something he said.

I think the best thing that could be done to raise the chances of a Triple Crown would be to limit the size Derby field. The more horses in a race, the more luck factors into the win. I think if the Derby field in '05 had been 14 we'd be arguing about whether Afleet Alex was a deserving Triple Crown winner and who did he really beat.

That said, I don't know that I'd change it. Even with the huge field permitted, we've had lots of near misses in the TC since Affirmed won. It'll happen again. The 11 TC winners were lucky as well as good (some luckier than others, I guess, seeing as how only six of them are in the first 20 of Bloodhorse's Top 100 of the 20th Century).