9/25 (LaD) Super Derby

[Arletta]

This is really getting bad.

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by Arletta

This is really getting bad.

Quality and field size for this amount of $?

[Dahoss]

It's bad, but it's also the state of racing in 2010. The PA Derby came up okay, considering who is left running. Having this race and the PA Derby on the same weekend will probably always dillute each race with the current state of the game.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

Having this race and the PA Derby on the same weekend will probably always dillute each race with the current state of the game.

Not to mention having the 500K Grade 2 Indiana Derby at Hoosier Park next week. And the 400K Oklahoma Derby at Remington the week after that.

That's 4 Derby's worth a total of $2.4 million in two weeks time.

Why not just make a race called the Trailer Parx State Grand Slam Classic - make it worth $2.4 million - and run it at Parx one year, LAD the next, Hooiser the next, and Remington the next in that rotation.

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Not to mention having the 500K Grade 2 Indiana Derby at Hoosier Park next week. And the 400K Oklahoma Derby at Remington the week after that.

That's 4 Derby's worth a total of $2.4 million in two weeks time.

Why not just make a race called the Trailer Parx State Grand Slam Classic - make it worth $2.4 million - and run it at Parx one year, LAD the next, Hooiser the next, and Remington the next in that rotation.

That is sheer genius and should not be ignored.

[Indian Charlie]

Not very original however.

[NTamm1215]

The 3YOs are pitiful this year, no one needs to sugarcoat it. They're beginning to make the 2008 crop look like one of the best ever.

You have a 500k and million dollar race in late September fighting for a headliner and that horse is eligible for a N1X.

The Super Derby and Pennsylvania Derby to some extent, fell victim to the fact that there's basically three "good" 3YOs right now. One can't seem to run a race without spiking a fever afterwards and is going to the Indiana Derby. The other two are trained by horsemen who rarely leave NY or the Northeast, so the chances of them enjoying a weekend in the Shreveport-Bossier, LA metro area were slim and none.

NT

[randallscott35]

Crops are down. Expect more of this in the future.

[parsixfarms]

Rather than tinkering with dates, because there are always too many big-purse dirt races for 3YOs, wouldn't Louisiana Downs be better served by trying to establish a signature race in another division? It's worked for Colonial Downs with their turf races, and a track like Calder with its Summit of Speed. The American Oaks was success for Hollywood when it was a $750K race.