I should have said a worse "sign" for the sport I guess.
Like most, I'm not thrilled with what is passing for Grade 1 winners. Diamond Stripes is nice and all that but to see a horse as 2nd favorite in a G 1 race who never ran in a stakes vs older horses is, I think, a worse sign. That's just my opinion.
I'm just a very old man who yearns for the old days when the summer handicap races meant something and the fall weight-for-age races determined the champs.
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