Kentucky Derby - new "point" system for qualification

[TGJB]

It ain\'t random. Nothing has 100% correlation or anywhere near it, but I\'ll go head-to-head with anyone on this, for very serious money. I\'ve been involved with something like 250 horses, from claimers to GI winners, thousands of starts, and as far as I can remember only two broke down on the track. And one of those was a top horse put back in training when he maybe should not have been, not my call. It\'s about picking horses with sound patterns, and managing them correctly-- giving them the right time between starts, again depending on pattern.

[miff]

You are again dismissing vet expertise in favor of numbers on a piece of paper,patterns?

Guess you have small vet bills, and very few with down time from injury,extraordinary!

[sighthound]

I\'m sorry, I\'ve confused the thread by inserting the info about vets in Kentucky.

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission voted in favor of eliminating lasix for stakes races.

In a separate deal, vets in KY that examine race horses morning of race are using statistics on breakdowns to target horses that are more likely, statistically, to break down, and looking at them more closely.

[player]

the idea was good but as usual the people in charge have other agends. how can the ill. derby not be part of point system. no mater what the only thing run worst than horse racing is washington d.c.

[richiebee]

Wonder if the Illinois Derby would have been more likely to be included if it were
contested at one of the CD owned tracks??

[Rick B.]

richiebee Wrote:
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> Wonder if the Illinois Derby would have been more
> likely to be included if it were
> contested at one of the CD owned tracks??

Small storm of discontent brewing here in Chicago over
this move; savvy out-of-state horse shows on radio
(Siraco, ESPN LA) picked up on the political aspect of
it right away. Dirty stuff, IMO.

Don\'t know there is anything Hawthorne can do about it;
how about an Invitational restricted to 3 year olds on
the last Saturday in April...purse of, say, $10 million?