Graded Earnings: Is there an alternative?

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Originally Posted by whodey17

I was looking over the graded earnings list and each year I sort of get upset about a horse who has the earnings based on just one race. This year it is Tiago. The horse has only crossed the finishe line once in 1st place. The lone race was the Santa Anita Derby. That gives his enough money to get into the Derby. I would really like to see some sort of pts system in graded races. I think a horse who runs in a Grade I gets 3 pts and a Grade II gets 2 pts and a Grade III gets 1 pt. Then you get pts based on your finish. So if you finish 1st you get 10 pts, 2nd get your 7 pts, 3rd get you 5, 4th you gets 3 and everyone else gets 1. Then you take the top 20 in pts and that is your field. I think this would eliminate horses who get lucky in one race. I am just complaining here. The graded system that we currently have is good.

Brilliant idea, let's exclude the winner of the Santa Anita Derby so the Teuflesbergs of the world can get in every year. Wouldn't Chelokee be a better horse to complain about since he hasn't done anything in terms of graded earnings but run third in the Florida Derby? Or Xchanger who doesn't have a penny of graded earnings as a 3yo?