Tom Chuckas on Preakness/TC Spacing

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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

First of all, it's not as if they've been doing it this way for 100 years. They've changed the schedule several times over the years.

I think it would still be special and relatively rare to have a TC winner if they added an extra week between races. Maybe they would get a TC winner every 5-10 years. I think that would still be a pretty big deal.

yes, i know it's changed several times. i know that it would have been inpossible at one point to do, because of when they were run.
but no changes have occurred in a very, very long time.
i simply disagree that it needs changing. we have horses who run a week back (like bayern may well have done) from the trial to the derby, or two weeks from the lexington to the derby.
pimlico thinks they are getting short shrift because of the schedule. i think it's because of it being pimlico. md racing has been in decline for some time, changing the preakness date won't change the decision to run there for most. you have to entice the horsemen. no better way than to give them what they want.