Kentucky Derby creates qualifying race

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by brockguy

They should have at least staged it on a left handed track..

I'm sure some owners/trainers would be interested but you still have to pay for the costs. There is also the small matter that very few decent horses over here actually run on the all weather.

I thought they said something about the race being counterclockwise like ours. Is that not true?