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[Carol S. via Derby]

It was only 3 years ago that Justify won the Triple Crown and 3 years
before him that American Pharoah did the same.
All that is needed is the Right Horse.  There is No Problem with the
spacing of the TC!  The breed hasn't disintegrated that much in 3 years.
We've just had a crop this year of mediocre horses!


On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 7:25 AM Mark Peel via Derby <
derby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  The opportunity to rethink the spacing of the Triple Crown races,
> scrambled by Covid-19 last year, now seems to have gone by, and racing is
> right back where it was--mired depressingly in "tradition."
> I wonder, though, if the defections of Caddo River and Mandaloun, added to
> the 16 other Derby runners who won't be in the starting gate for the
> Preakness, might not give the authorities at Pimlico (and Belmont) a reason
> to consider adding a week or two additional breathing space after the
> Derby.  In the 21st century, Grade I thoroughbreds do not race on two
> weeks' rest, and never will again.  Sticking with the current two-week
> interval guarantees more mediocre fields like the one shaping up for next
> weekend's Preakness, which Medina Spirits, a thoroughly average horse, is
> likely to win by default, unless Concert Tour wakes up again.
> Civres
>
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