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Originally Posted by Danzig
if a trainer hasn't got a colt in the field, why would he care about the field size? jones doesn't have one.
he has the ability to choose, so he's using the rules to benefit. like i said before, if anyone should be in the doghouse about it, it ought to be the downs for not allowing AE's. but they aren't allowing dime supers either-so i don't get the sense that they really care.
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It is all about the precedent being set of pre-entering both and scratching from the Derby. Once that is set then you'll see a lot more fillies nominate to the Triple Crown and if their trainer has a top contender you'll see them do the same thing.
The absolute simplest thing is to have a rule where if you enter any race but the Derby on that weekend and you scratch from the Derby you have to scratch from the other race as well. Also eligibles would be great but they are obviously showing a reluctance to that for some reason. This is simpler and shouldn't inconvenience anyone.