Derby replaces graded earnings with point system

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Originally Posted by Travis Stone

The idea that suddenly NYRA will only have one 2yo race per week and 4 horses in their 2yo stakes at Saratoga because of this new Derby system is funny.

And I also cannot imagine any trainer with a talented horse will ever say, "Let's wait until February to start, so we can break our Maiden, and then get a nifty stakes score in March, stay undefeated via the 100 pointer in April and win the Derby." That might be more silly.

Really? So you think that trainers/owners will just continue to do the same thing? You don't believe that a impressive maiden winner at Saratoga won't be treated differently knowing that the next 5 months are pretty irrelevant in terms of earning points towards the Derby?