The Florida Derby Beyer seems to have been changed

[philcski]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

The problem I see with what Beyer said is that a change in the relationship between 9f dirt races at GP and other distances should have no impact on the number in the Fla Derby ... because it was the only two-turn dirt route carded - and one-turn and two-turn races are always split.

You can have pars for distances and everything else - but when the wind is blowing 30 MPH and the weather is funky .. what good are they?

You have to cut the race loose from everything else and project.

None of this would be an issue if GP did what AQU has done. They have a 9f dirt race carded 30 minutes before the 9f Wood Memorial.

The racing secretary could give a sh1t about us figure nerds. However, I don't need a figure to know that Quality Road should be the Derby favorite based on that performance, and as much of a hater I am towards Dunkirk and Pletcher the Robot, he deserves to be in the starting gate over junk that wins the Illinois Derby or the winner of the Lanes End.