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Originally Posted by Cholly
That was a good read--thanks for posting. My take-away from the article is that the Pegasus is a work in progress; at least they're trying to do something for older dirt horses at the time of year when they're not bucking up against the twin juggernauts of college & pro football.
Personally, I like the idea in the comments at the bottom of having Stronach staging a series with The Big Cap, The Pegasus, and the Pimlico Special. $5mil bonus for sweeping all 3, $2.5 for winning two
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I'd like to see him promoting the classics of handicapping instead of helping to kill them. The Pegasus, just like the Donn it replaced, comes too soon in the year (or too late depending on how you want to see it). It may keep a big stars around for one more race, but it doesn't keep them racing. Make a superfund series with the Pegasus in July, sandwiched between the WC and BCC. We might at least get more 3 yos to come back at 4.
Move the Big Cap to Feb, so it can be a prep for the WC, move the Gold Cup and the JCGC to Memorial Day weekend, so they can be preps for the Pegasus on July 4, move the Pacific Classic and Whitney to the first weekend in August, move the Woodward and Awesome Again to Labor Day weekend, so they can BCC preps (the Awesome Again is, but the Woodward is at a weird time).
Have a superfund triple crown series, and east coast/west coast handicap series, with bonuses, and with a monster bonus to any horse that sweeps the superfund and handicap series. Then let horses rest from Nov to Feb. I don't know what race to pair with the Big Cap, maybe the Hal's Hope.
The Stephen Foster and Pimlico Special are on their own.
