Kentucky Derby creates qualifying race

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Originally Posted by magic_idol

@ the risk of going against the tide i think its great ,,You would be surprised by opening up the major races creates way more money more money bigger pools,bigger pools the more money you can win ;-).

All you need to do is look @ the melbourne cup sure you get the sh#ts when a overseas horse wins but the turnover from the race increases prize money etc & the fact is most times overseas horses wont win

Change is good people

The problem is that this change seems to have very little upside. Foreign horses have competed in the race before and should be held to the same qualifing standards as the rest. It would be interesting if an American horse went over and won the race. The fact that CD is allowing a horse in with special status because he happens to be based in Europe is troubling especially since they are giving out a bonus to them and the racing at their tracks here is suffering. Just another case of CDI missing the big picture and spending every waking hour trying squeeze one more dollar out of the Derby while the racing product at their tracks on a day to day basis is crumbling.