Preakness 5.5: What would you do?

[Scav]

If you qualify, would you skip the Derby and just run in the Preakness for 5.5 milly?

To earn the bonus, a horse must first win the Holy Bull or Grade 2 Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream; the Grade 3 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields; or the Grade 2 Robert Lewis or Grade 2 San Felipe at Santa Anita. Those qualifiers must then win either the Grade 1 Florida Derby or Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby as a prelude to a victory in the Preakness.

[robfla]

there should be an option of "run in the Derby and skip the Preakness"

[randallscott35]

You run in the Derby.

[Scav]

It obviously depends on the connections, but I don't see how you don't at least consider skipping the Derby because of the cash involved.

[richard]

I would point toward the Preakness .

[MaTH716]

What am I missing? Why couldn't you run and possibly win both the Derby and the Preakness?

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Scav

It obviously depends on the connections, but I don't see how you don't at least consider skipping the Derby because of the cash involved.

Yeah if you have a gelding MAYBE. No colt will ever miss the Derby.

[slotdirt]

What the what? Who is offering the bonus?

[Travis Stone]

It depends on what kind of horse I have... speedball who is unlikely to get 10f's I'd try and take advantage of Pimplico, the slightly shorter distance etc.

That said, I find it hard to believe, with the way the Derby has grown even just in the last decade, that most people would be able to skip it with a horse who was winning preps like those.