Could this happen?

[DaTruth]

Originally Posted by richard burch

what if 2 other tracks decided to band together and offer an option to the 2 races after the derby? since there is no "commisioner" or country wide governing body, why not take advantage of people who are disapproving of the current traditional format and the possibility that we may never see another triple crown winner.

something like this....

3 weeks after the derby another track (say monmouth park) offers a 1 mile and 3/16 ths race for 2 million dollars for 3 year old colts and geldings and fillys.

and then another track (say delaware park) has another race at 1 mile and a half for 2.5 million dollars with the same conditions.

if that were to happen, would it screw up everything?

It took the prospects of a $2 million bonus to entice Diaz to skip the Preakness in favor of the Jersey Derby with Spend a Buck. I'm thinking that now it would take significantly more than $2 million to get the owner of the Derby winner to give up the chance of making racing history. I just don't see Monmouth or Delaware Park ponying up that kind of money. Brennan was using the bonus to get attention for First Jersey Securities as much as for Garden State Park.