Hard Spun & Belmont Distance

[philcski]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Why?

If anything is going to beat Curlin on Saturday, it will be if Hard Spun gets loose on an uncontested lead while rating kindly....or if Rags to Riches can find the much needed improvement that she projects for on the three furlong stretchout to 12 furlongs.

I have no idea. It's just worked that way for a long time and given the grueling nature of the race, logically it makes sense to have needed that 2YO foundation. Rules are made to be broken, of course- and your analysis is the only way I see it as well.
This race interests me zero, therefore for every 5 minutes I spend on it I'll take an hour on the undercard races.