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08-29-2017, 07:52 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
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Sprial purse/points cut
From DRF:
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The Grade 3 Spiral, for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles on Polytrack, will be worth just 20 Derby points to the winner (and 34 overall) when it is renewed March 17. Since Churchill instituted its points system in 2013, the Spiral had been worth 50 points to the winner (and 85 overall). In addition, the Spiral purse has been slashed from $500,000 to just $200,000.
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http://www.drf.com/news/spiral-purse...ints-reduction
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08-29-2017, 08:56 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 1,458
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200k is pretty sad..did the spiral preps go down also?
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08-29-2017, 09:20 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Missouri
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last horse to win Wood then the derby 2000 Fusaichi Pegasus
Last horse to win the Spiral then the derby 2011 Animal Kingdom
seems like they down graded the wrong race
Notable winners of the wood(last 30 years): Frosted, Bellamy Road, Tapit, Empire Maker, Coronados Quest, Unbridled Song, Easy Goer, Gulch, Broad Brush
Notable winners of the Spiral(last 30 years): Hard Spun, Flower Alley, Perfect Drift, Serena's Song, Prairie Bayou, Lil E tee, Hansel, Summer Squall, Broad Brush.
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08-29-2017, 09:34 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Boston+Ocala
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step in right direction, i like it when i hear purses are being cut.
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08-29-2017, 09:35 PM
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: st louis
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Six years without a serious Derby contender is long enough to justify the downgrade. Not to mention it is run on a fake surface.
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08-30-2017, 02:11 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Afleet
Notable winners of the wood(last 30 years): Frosted, Bellamy Road, Tapit, Empire Maker, Coronados Quest, Unbridled Song, Easy Goer, Gulch, Broad Brush
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What about Congaree? Captain Bodgit? Devil His Due?
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08-30-2017, 09:07 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 248
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the wood has produced many contenders and unfortunatly a lot of derby favs that scratched in uncle mo,buddha,i want revenge,eskendraya in the past 10-15 years while the spiral has only produced animal kingdom since going to poly.
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08-30-2017, 09:29 AM
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@TimeformUSfigs
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Moore, OK
Posts: 46,828
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So it is future success in the Derby only that counts towards a grading now? This year's third place finisher won the Preakness and the winner was runner-up in the Belmont.
No serious Derby contenders are pointing to the Spiral any longer. It was like, "Oh, now I have enough points for the Derby, I guess I'll go" instead of a planned race.
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