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Shouldn't change it.

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I agree.

We would just end up with TC winners being too common.

And tonalist, who, if I remember correctly, used to be trained by pletcher before the switch to clement, couldn't have run in the derby anyway. Lung infection knocked him out of his chance for points. He would have been my bet in the wood had he made it.

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He lost, and wasn't close.

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It was the length of one horse over a 1.5 miles

I'd say that was close even though it was 5th

I like how this thread started off with the know-nothing crowd all up in arms about it being "unfair", but got quieted rather quickly.

I raise and sometimes race, so I know a bit about the business. Unfortunately the rules are skewed against anyone not based in Kentucky. Although I take my mares to Kentucky to be bred and race there, they are only eligible for about 65% of the purse available to a Kentucky born horse. I was glad to see Coburn call out the Kentuckians helping to kill off the sport. It is a dying sport that desperately needs a TC winner to revive interest. If horse racing only has a "great horse" every 40 years or so, I dont see the general public sticking around for it.

Then you should be running in a better state bred program.

And what if we have a triple crown* every other year? The public will get bored and also not stick around.

This whole thing is so frustrating to me ask away. I don't know everything, but
I am married to a trainer so I know a good bit.

I will quote a poster from the other Steve coburn is an arse thread:

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The sad thing is that his complaints will resonate with many bozos who know nothing about horse racing, and who's outlook on life is if something is difficult to achieve, just change the rules to make it easier. Someone should slap a big ole "Participation" ribbon on his fat arse (the owner, not the horse)

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ask away

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Alright!

A horse has to have a certain bloodline to race? What if a regular old colt somewhere in a field is a beast and could potentially shatter the record books, he couldn't be trained and entered into racing?

I told you, basic stuff.

Has to be a registered thoroughbred.

Are you saying tonalist was bred just for the Belmont? Because tapit doesn't scream 12f to me.

Commissioner was the only horse in there that looked to be bred for the 1 1/2 on dirt.

While on the subject of him, should ap Indy have not been allowed to run in the Belmont? He had to scratch the derby that morning.

Usually these days, the Belmont is almost an afterthought. As said so well yesterday on NBC of Palice malice, yes he won the Belmont, but the met mile win would be worth more as a stallion prospect. People don't breed just to win that one race.