No Preakness in 2011??

[lemoncrush]

How about The Preakness at Parx? Got a classy ring to it.

[Mike]

Now would be the time to seize on this opportunity to re-think the Triple Crown series. Wait more than two weeks after the Derby, and make the Preakness or the Belmont Stakes a turf race. I'd like to see the Belmont be the grass race, as it's the last of the trio. Hell, we could make it impossible to win the Triple Crown by putting the Preakness on synthetic, then the Belmont on grass.
I bet we'd see a lot more European entries

[Indian Charlie]

While you are at it, how about making a fourth leg a turf sprint down the hill at Santa Anita?

Also, maybe add a fifth leg for fillies only.

[randallscott35]

Too late for Artax

[zippyneedsawin]

Originally Posted by Mike

Now would be the time to seize on this opportunity to re-think the Triple Crown series. Wait more than two weeks after the Derby, and make the Preakness or the Belmont Stakes a turf race. I'd like to see the Belmont be the grass race, as it's the last of the trio. Hell, we could make it impossible to win the Triple Crown by putting the Preakness on synthetic, then the Belmont on grass.I bet we'd see a lot more European entries

Isn't that basically the Canadian Triple Crown? (1 dirt race, 1 Grass, 1 Synthetic)