Derby Trail Next Start-Likely/Possible

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

I understand your point but I just don't know how you can come up with hard and fast rules, like only earnings in dirt races will count.

To me, it's very logical that only dirt races should count, or at least carry more weight than turf/synthetic races.

What if a European star like Frankel wanted to take a shot at the Derby? Would the race be better off saying that he couldn't run because he had never run on dirt?

Some remote possibility such as a heavy favorite for the English classics bypassing those races to run in the Kentucky Derby instead is hardly a reason to keep things as they are.