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Old 04-03-2024, 12:29 PM
JolyB JolyB is offline
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Originally Posted by cal828 View Post
I think you know that I support the idea of playing all the Derby Preps unless a field for one of the preps falls to a ridiculous level of entrants like 3 or 4 horses. Haven't seen any like that, but you never know how many you will get for Santa Anita, but even there the fields seemed to have improved somewhat on race days. Thing is though, Baffert might have several of the horses and if he won, his horse will not be going to the Derby because his horses will be banned for a while. That is what happened with Muth, the Oaklawn winner.

Cal, you might enjoy reading this article about Muth. His owners haven't given up on his Derby opportunity and have filed suit to try to permit it:

https://www.drf.com/news/zedan-seeks...kentucky-derby
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