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[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

If Jess Jackson doesn't buy RA after the KY Oaks - even Mine That Bird would have had a good chance at a sweep.

That's crazy talk.

Speaking of which, I think Rags to Riches might have been able to do it.

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

That's crazy talk.

Speaking of which, I think Rags to Riches might have been able to do it.

Not crazy at all, but that was the best grouping of TC races and horses in a while. She would have had her hands full in KY.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

Not crazy at all, but that was the best grouping of TC races and horses in a while. She would have had her hands full in KY.

She wouldn't have won the Triple Crown.

Had she tried - she would have ended up with a goose egg instead of an Oaks-Belmont double.

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

She wouldn't have won the Triple Crown.

Had she tried - she would have ended up with a goose egg instead of an Oaks-Belmont double.

Probably, KY would have gutted her, that race was brutal on everyone but SS and Hard Spun, Curlin came out OK obviously too.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

She wouldn't have won the Triple Crown.

Had she tried - she would have ended up with a goose egg instead of an Oaks-Belmont double.

Right.

I forgot how much you love Street Sense.

[Phalaris1913]

I'm a few years short of "old codger" status, but I am old enough to remember when major preps were held two weeks (or less) before the Derby. Go back even a few years before my time, and you're hard-pressed to find a Derby starter whose last pre-Derby run was more than two weeks beforehand.

Today, few horses running the Derby-Preakness double have had previous experience running two demanding races at two-week intervals. I have to wonder if that is a major factor.

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by Phalaris1913

I'm a few years short of "old codger" status, but I am old enough to remember when major preps were held two weeks (or less) before the Derby. Go back even a few years before my time, and you're hard-pressed to find a Derby starter whose last pre-Derby run was more than two weeks beforehand.

Today, few horses running the Derby-Preakness double have had previous experience running two demanding races at two-week intervals. I have to wonder if that is a major factor.

Prior to last year though, strong Derby horses had been running excellent Preakness races. They seem to relish the chance.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

Prior to last year though, strong Derby horses had been running excellent Preakness races. They seem to relish the chance.

Yes, but what of the third race, three weeks later?