I'll be the First to ask?

[Danzig]

i just don't think it would be quite as exciting to run in the oaks as in the derby. it's the derby! even the most uninterested in racing know what the kentucky derby is. the oaks? no. someone asked who the last three oaks winners were, i had no clue! as for past derby winners, we could all name plenty.
i just think if you have a derby horse, you run in the derby. imo rachel alexandra is a derby-calibre horse. by the same token, i understand completely why they may not go.