Ron Flatter

He's racing tomorrow against Journalism, the horse who did win the preseason.

And they're racing in the Oak Lawn Handicap in Arkansas in a race that's punching way above its weight.

So pretty good race to whet our appetites two weeks before the Derby.

I guess either.

Now, sometimes these names come back into circulation and they bring them back after like a couple generations.

Okay.

So that's possible.

But yeah, that's a good point.

Well, it's not even done yet.

That story that came out from Sports Business Journal has been a little bit warmed over before.

I know the LA Times reported it as much earlier.

a couple years ago.

Really, this is pinned to the media deal that the Preakness people are going to be making for a contract that expires this year.

So whatever TV partner they get next year is going to have a lot to say about that.

Having said that, to try to poo-poo it, I think there's a very good chance it will be.

a three-week gap between the Derby and the Preakness, and then we'll see how the Belmont Stakes falls into place.

No, but I think that the New York Racing Association would probably look long and hard at moving the Belmont back and making it a full six weeks after the Derby and then you'd go three and three.

This has happened before.

It's not without precedent.

1952, 53, and 54, it was Kentucky Derby, three weeks Preakness, three weeks Belmont, and that was in the blush of Citation winning the Triple Crown in 1948.