Kentucky Derby will see fewer fillies on points alone

When Winning Colors was so dominant during her 3-year-old campaign in 1988, one that saw her become only the third filly to win the Kentucky Derby, it didn’t matter which Kentucky Derby qualifying system was in place. She would have easily earned a spot in the Derby without running against colts beforehand.
Back then, graded-stakes earnings were used as the measuring stick if the Kentucky Derby oversubscribed with more than 20 horses. But Winning Colors took on the boys anyway a month afte