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Originally Posted by Danzig
but by the same token, if those other big preps are gr 1, how can the ark derby not be? same purse as the fla derby. it should be on par with that one, the blue grass and the wood to name a few.
but i won't hold my breath waiting for those to get knocked down a peg, or the ark moving up.
it just seems there is no rhyme or reason to what gets graded. i also would have no problem with all preps being a lower grade than the derby. i guess i'm just looking for consistency, of which there isn't much.
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I would think the Florida Derby is a good comparison to the Arkansas Derby and should probably be the first one to go G2. Santa Anita has various preps that keep everyone seperated until the SA Derby. The Wood and Blue Grass always have several notable shippers come in from other jurisdictions. So in the case of those three the big race is a step up from the preps. In the case of the Arkansas/Rebel and Florida/FOY it is pretty much the same horses competing in the prep as in the big dance, often they even lose horses from their preps to the Wood and Blue Grass.