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[QUOTE="IthacaBarrel, post: 5428279, member: 363"]
Ok, I thought your point was that horses who have the points to run in the derby are now bypassing the derby to run in the Preakness. That certainly is not the case nor will it ever be.  Agreed that most horses that run in Preakness don't run in the derby but almost all don't have the points to run in the Derby either so it's not really a choice.

I think horses that don’t run well in the derby certainly won’t come back to run in the Preakness unless your D Wayne Lukas.

If trainers skip the Preakness after a Derby start, which many do, they can map out a pretty easy schedule for their 3 year old as long as there are no snags. Derby/ Belmont/ Haskell or Jim Dandy/ Traver’s/ PA Derby maybe/ breeders.  You squeeze them during the triple crown and it could bite you later in there 3 year old campaign.  I get it.  At the end of the day, most owners would rather be at Saratoga watching their horse run in the Travers than at Pimlico watching them run in the Preakness.  3 year olds are still very young horses as well which the general public does not understand.  You can also start shipping to Saratoga mid April if you want to train up there as well and for those wanting to run at the Belmont/ Dandy or Haskell/ Travers it's really nice the past couple of years
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