Derby Trail Next Start-Likely/Possible

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by justindew

Blatantly false. Only 20 horses entered the Derby that year. He would have gotten in with $0 in earnings. In fact, the 20th ranked horse by earnings, Nowhere to Hide, was a late addition to the field. They almost drew with 19 horses.

What is your point? That only 19 sets of connections were interested?

How does that change the fact that in 2009 the graded stakes earnings of the 20th horse were lower than they had ever been before? Under the current rules a horse with the earnings Mine That Bird had would be excluded each year, of course, with the exception of 2009.

[justindew]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

What is your point? That only 19 sets of connections were interested?

How does that change the fact that in 2009 the graded stakes earnings of the 20th horse were lower than they had ever been before? Under the current rules a horse with the earnings Mine That Bird had would be excluded each year, of course, with the exception of 2009.

My only point is that it I am against eliminating 2yr-old and synthetic earnings from consideration.

I am not, however, against replacing all synthetic tracks with dirt. It sounded like a good idea at the time. But it wasn't.