SA & FL Derby

[letswastemoney]

lol if true

[hockey2315]

Just got the press release. . . 1 million - not 1 mile (could've gone either way). . . Part of some Preakness bonus.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

The winners of the Bob Lewis, San Felipe, and El Camino will most likely all run back in the Santa Anita Derby unless they're hellbent on getting a dirt prep in right before the Ky Derby.

It's also now very likely the winners of the Holy Bull and Fountain Of Youth will run in the Florida Derby. In other words, you won't see a horse like Eskanderya pass on the Fla Derby for a race like the Wood.

Also - the bonus helps the Preakness if a horse alive for the bonus runs a good 2nd or 3rd in the Kentucky Derby. Instead of passing on the Preakness like quite a few 2nd and 3rd place finishers from the Derby do - the owners might have a hard time resisting passing on a classic race where they're also up for a $5 million bonus with a horse who will be among the favorites in the betting for said race.

If they're not in it for the long haul then this will be a complete failure and there is no guarantee it will work.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

If they're not in it for the long haul then this will be a complete failure and there is no guarantee it will work.

I think it should work in terms of bettering the chances of getting the horses they want to go in the races they want ... I doubt they'll be in for the long haul though. $5 million is a pretty big bonus and it's not something all that tough to do.

It's something that's likely to be hit at least once in the next five or six years now that SA is dirt again.

[Kingturf]

I just remember the crap the connections of Spend a Buck took after he won the KY Derby and skipped the Preakness for the Jersey Derby....

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Kingturf

I just remember the crap the connections of Spend a Buck took after he won the KY Derby and skipped the Preakness for the Jersey Derby....

it helped in the long run, with classic purses getting a boost, and the visa triple crown challenge-even tho the latter was only a temporary thing.
they learned from the spend a buck deal that history wasn't enough, money matters too.

[Kingturf]

I like the ideal of the bonus for two reasons; no more of this.... if I don't win the derby I will skip the Preakness, which started to be a joke with some of the horses that entered the preakness just to be in a triple crown race.

Too many owner and trainers started ducking the big tracks for inflated purses at some of these bull ring tracks....i.e. Delta Doom and Charlestown which is having a 2 year old and 3 year olds prep races for inflated purses in the years to come. It would allow most of the best horses owners and trainers to select carefully, how they will prep for a triple crown race.

Btw...Santa Anita derby will be run on dirt next year (I.D)

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Kingturf

Btw...Santa Anita derby will be run on dirt next year (I.D)

True. I had forgotten about that.