Penn. Derby now a $1mill. race

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by MisterB

Wasn't that Valley Crossing who won that year? which paid $158.60. Ridden by Andrea Seefeldt ?

ment 2001 i think

[declansharbor]

I think the best thing to come out of the restructuring is that they moved The Cottilion up some, so that the major players use this race as a Breeder's Cup conditioner..Usually it was too close to the BC, so no monsters were ever entered..That will change...Big ups to one of the worst tracks I know of... If they could only change that horrid screen they have on simulcast...

Too bad there aren't enough grade 1 caliber horses to make this race interesting. Probably be a decent sized field with a standout shipin at extremely underlaid odds.

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

Too bad there aren't enough grade 1 caliber horses to make this race interesting. Probably be a decent sized field with a standout shipin at extremely underlaid odds.

I think this will be a race for all the second tier Plecther horses that weren't good enough for the triple crown and the Haskell / Travers / Breeders Cup circuit.

[MisterB]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

I think this will be a race for all the second tier Plecther horses that weren't good enough for the triple crown and the Haskell / Travers / Breeders Cup circuit.

Cool, a 2nd tier 1 million dollar race. A trainers dream come true.

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by MisterB

Cool, a 2nd tier 1 million dollar race. A trainers dream come true.

Agreed, but don't you think that given time, these second tier million dollar races will have the prestige and appropriate gradings? My thought is that eventually the money will make it respectable.

Kinda like the Delta Jackpot, it seems to be slightly gaining in significance each year. At least it seems that way to me, that every year this race garners more and more attention.

[MisterB]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

Agreed, but don't you think that given time, these second tier million dollar races will have the prestige and appropriate gradings? My thought is that eventually the money will make it respectable.

Kinda like the Delta Jackpot, it seems to be slightly gaining in significance each year. At least it seems that way to me, that every year this race garners more and more attention.

They are going to try to move this up to a G1. Not this year though

[JJP]

Nobody cares. It will have virtually no effect on the Travers. Where's the tradition in the PA Derby? SOmebody brought up the Delta Jackpot.....has anybody worthwhile come out of that race?