[dr_lew]

Sure, all that. But it’s entirely understandable, and even true, from some point of view. I think the objective take is that the Triple Crown has become impossible because of the mile and a half distance of the Belmont and the specialization that no longer allows a horse to be dominant across the board, as it were. Say no more, say no more.

[This Just In]

Perhaps, but this doesn’t excuse the fact the owners knew all of this beforehand. It isn’t news to anyone in the horse-racing world.

[Nepeta]

I think the objective take is that the Triple Crown has become impossible because of the mile and a half distance of the Belmont and the specialization that no longer allows a horse to be dominant across the board, as it were.

Mega-baloney.

The horses are not the problem, which is proven by what the same bloodlines do in other racing jurisdictions without raceday medication and at distances considered "long" in American racing.

[discostu]

The TC is still winnable. The problem is preparation. There’s a lot of CA based owners now that seem to have no interest in running their horse at Belmont until it’s time to win the TC, and because of that they lose. Meanwhile the owners based around Belmont whose horses run there, and win there, all the time, seem to have no interest in running in the Derby and potentially winning the Crown.