For the life of me, I do not understand the rational of having a 20 horse field which allows some of the trainers with multiple entries to purposely target (collide with or stop in front of) other top contenders with his field entry knowing it cannot win. The Derby should be limited to 12, maximum 15 horses. Also, instead of drawing the post position out of a hat the positions should be determined and chosen by the trainers based on preceding qualifying points for the Derby in descending order of preference
i.e., the horse/trainer with the most points going into the Derby should have 1st pick of post position and so on. Magnum Moon, Winner of the Arkansas Derby and one of the top 3 or 4 contenders, will be racing out of gate 16 which is damn near impossible to win the race without an amazing performance. Why punish any top contender like that ??
i.e., the horse/trainer with the most points going into the Derby should have 1st pick of post position and so on. Magnum Moon, Winner of the Arkansas Derby and one of the top 3 or 4 contenders, will be racing out of gate 16 which is damn near impossible to win the race without an amazing performance. Why punish any top contender like that ??
