http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/horse-racing-steve-haskin/archive/tags/Bay+shore+stakes/default.aspxTags: Bay shore stakesenCommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Build: 20611.960)http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/horse-racing-steve-haskin/archive/2009/01/22/Ky.-Derby-Trail_3A00_-Flashback-to-Greatness.aspxThu, 22 Jan 2009 21:44:00 GMTb1464f20-99eb-45e5-b651-41da03ecff36:26637Blood-Horse Staff49http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/horse-racing-steve-haskin/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=26637http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/horse-racing-steve-haskin/archive/2009/01/22/Ky.-Derby-Trail_3A00_-Flashback-to-Greatness.aspx#comments<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">What do the following horses have in common? Secretariat, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><st1:city w:st="on">Seattle</st1:city> Slew, Spectacular Bid, Affirmed, Alydar, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Damascus</st1:place></st1:city>, Buckpasser, Easy Goer, Riva Ridge, Holy Bull, Spend a Buck, and Swale?</P><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">All of them, despite having run at a mile or longer as a 2-year-old, made their 3-year-old debut going seven furlongs or shorter.</P><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">In recent years, trainers, for whatever reason, are reluctant to drop a horse back in distance for his 3-year-old debut. Now you see races like the Hutcheson Stakes and Bay Shore Stakes&nbsp; dominated by sprinters. You rarely see a top 2-year-old make his first start at 3 in a sprint of any kind,&nbsp;with many trainers rushing them into 1 1/8-mile races, as they do with horses who have never even been two turns.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" mce_keep="true">&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Read the full column <A href="http://racing.bloodhorse.com/article/48904.htm" mce_href="http://racing.bloodhorse.com/article/48904.htm">here</A>. <BR></P><img src="http://cs.bloodhorse.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=26637" width="1" height="1">AffirmedBay shore stakesBuckpasserdamascusEasy Goerholy bullhutcheson stakeskentucky derbyriva ridgeseattle slewSecretariatspectacular bidSpend a Bucksteve haskinSwale