PRX up Cotillion to $1 million; Adds to PA Derby Day card

[Powderfinger]

A great day of racing at the Parx. Thank you Smarty Jones.

Funny though how they moved the Cotillion to a grade 1, but left the PA Derby as a grade 2.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Powderfinger

A great day of racing at the Parx. Thank you Smarty Jones.

Funny though how they moved the Cotillion to a grade 1, but left the PA Derby as a grade 2.

apparently the GSC didn't feel the pa derby had had sufficient top horses running to bump it up. i'd think that 50k bonus they're offering is an attempt by parx to change that.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Danzig

apparently the GSC didn't feel the pa derby had had sufficient top horses running to bump it up. i'd think that 50k bonus they're offering is an attempt by parx to change that.

They would be better off offering the 50k to members of the graded stakes committee.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

They would be better off offering the 50k to members of the graded stakes committee.

true. i feel they'd have been better off adding to the bonus and putting a little less toward the cotillion....but your idea does sound like a good one.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Danzig

true. i feel they'd have been better off adding to the bonus and putting a little less toward the cotillion....but your idea does sound like a good one.

A better idea would be work with other tracks and develop a bonus structure so that the best horses would be encouraged to run in the TC races then the Haskell, Travers and PA Derby. Hell you could add the TC prep races and have a series for 3 yo's with points being earned toward a end of the year bonus. Supposedly there was a plan floated about having the Haskell, Travers and PA Derby be a second season TC of sorts but nothing ever came of it.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

A better idea would be work with other tracks and develop a bonus structure so that the best horses would be encouraged to run in the TC races then the Haskell, Travers and PA Derby. Hell you could add the TC prep races and have a series for 3 yo's with points being earned toward a end of the year bonus. Supposedly there was a plan floated about having the Haskell, Travers and PA Derby be a second season TC of sorts but nothing ever came of it.

i really and truly wish that tracks would work together more to come up with a more cohesive schedule of racing. i feel that it would help the product as a whole. too often tracks look at other tracks as competition, rather than recognizing they should be working together to create a stronger sport, and look at other forms of entertainment as the real competition.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i really and truly wish that tracks would work together more to come up with a more cohesive schedule of racing. i feel that it would help the product as a whole. too often tracks look at other tracks as competition, rather than recognizing they should be working together to create a stronger sport, and look at other forms of entertainment as the real competition.

True. You would think that the east coast tracks could at least work together to make some sense of graded stakes at the very least. SOmetimes they react on their own and adjust schedules but a wholescale approach would make a lot more sense and would lead to better racing overall. Of course if the top horses werent all concentrated in just a few barns things would be a lot more competitive as well.