There just seems to be a general acceptence that the triple crown here is no longer the crown jewel of the three year old career! It's been like that for 20 years, it's just again been highlighted due to another guineas/ derby winner!
One interesting point from France is that nearly all the trainers now want to put the French Derby distance back up from 10 1/2 f to 12f. It was dropped in distance in 2005(?).They think it was a drastic mistake and it has essentially become a prep for the 'real' French derby, the grand prix de Paris on Bastille day
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06-15-2009, 01:51 PM
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