Graded Earnings: Is there an alternative?

[hockey2315]

Look at it this way. . .

You say Sam P. is more deserving than Tiago so I'll compare those two because they make for a good comparison. . .

Sam P. has run in four graded stakes and hasn't won. . .

Tiago has run in two graded stakes and won a G1. . .

Sam P. has had four chances to prove himself as a stakes winner and has essentially failed. . .

Tiago hasn't necessarily proven himself off of one big effort, but he has atleast earned the chance to try and show that the SA Derby wasn't a fluke.

That's more than you can say for Sam P. (not that I don't think he belongs in the derby, just that Tiago deserves it more). . .