Derby replaces graded earnings with point system

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Linny

There is no minimum level, it's just the top 20. Just like using graded earnings, the cutoff if dependant upon what others do. Forty was bandied about as being a probably minimum.

oh, i see.
well, i think they should institute a minimum, and i think the other two spring classics should consider something like this as well.
they also need to try to get a sponsor for a bonus involving the three races, something to encourage more horses to run the series. only one horse 'ran' in all three this year, optimizer.

[Linny]

The Preakness and Belmont are rarely oversubscribed so they have not had to implement a system, though te Preakness does have one.

It would be nice to have a way to encourage participation in all three races. For a while there was a bonus system that rewarded horses who ran in all three. It came to an end when someone (can't recall who) won the bonus for having run something like 3rd or 4th or 5th in all of them.