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Originally Posted by MarkyD

I never understood why send the 2nd and 3rd place KD finishers to the Preak.

They did their jobs in the Derby. It's the other horses that did not fire that day that should be pointed and have something to prove.

Your assumption makes no sense--a horse that ran poorly should be immediately run back in a Grade I race, on two weeks rest? No one would buy that logic in any month but May (and I wouldn't buy it then). Seems like time to regroup for Saratoga, Del Mar and the fall to me.

Also, I don't think all the other horses "failed to fire"--some are just not good enough, period, while others are not suited to that distance.

If a horse ran badly but had a legitimate excuse (i.e. boxed in for good chunk of the race), then I have no problem seeing them run back. Otherwise, drop back and punt.