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Originally Posted by miraja2
It was a G1 from 1981 through 1988.
Personally, I think the problem right now is not that there are too few G1s, but that there are too many.
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That might be the case, but if there was ever a race that deserved a Grade I it is definitely this one. It has been a much better race than the Blue Grass over the last ten years, yet still hasn't been upgraded. I figured the Smarty Jones-Afleet Alex-Lawyer Ron succession would be enough to get a "bump" but it hasn't happened. Only legitimate knock on the race is that it often has one solid horse with a lackluster field behind it, but I find it hard to believe that year in, year out it is inferior to the Blue Grass or Wood Memorial. The Lane's End at Turfway is a Grade II for crying out loud.
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