yes, the races were on different dates, at different distances once upon a time. but how many tc winners won the 'modern' version we still see today? how long has the derby been 10f? the belmont 12, and run in the current counter-clockwise configuration? the preakness two weeks after, instead of the same day as the derby?
if it can't be done, you don't make it easier so that it then can be done. where's the value in winning it then?
i wonder if this subject came up in the years after citation, and before secretariat? probably so....
oh well, this comes up every year...but usually after the tc is lost, not just after the derby.
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