Current TC Spacing Dates Back to 1969

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Danzig

Field size isn't just an issue in the derby, more horses run in all three.


Lol

Oh, wow. Have tvg on, and Bob baffert just now on camera saying he wouldn't change anything about the races. He said if anything should be tweaked, its cutting the derby to 14 starters.
'Changing the dates would be bad'. ' I like the two weeks'.
Thanks, Bob for your timely comments.


Also, as the narrator said, 33% of horses who went to NY with a shot at it won the tc. Glad I caught this bit.

In this interview done yesterday, Baffert talks about why it's so hard to win the TC.

http://www.paulickreport.com/news/tr...romes-belmont/

[Rudeboyelvis]

Not to rip the scab off of a never-healing wound, but Kenny McPeek opined on twitter yesterday that perhaps the severe dehydration that these horses go through 3 times in 5 weeks is affecting their ability to run well in the Belmont.


Kenny McPeek ‏@KennyMcPeek

3 shots of Lasix over 5 weeks, add travel. Coincidence TC hasn't been won since Lasix? Dehydration? Slew, Secretariat didn't use #Myopinion

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

In this interview done yesterday, Baffert talks about why it's so hard to win the TC.

http://www.paulickreport.com/news/tr...romes-belmont/

of course it's hard to win. everyone knows that.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Danzig

of course it's hard to win. everyone knows that.

We know it's hard to win. The debate was over what makes it so hard to win. In the article, Baffert and Gary Young talk about what makes it so hard to win.