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					Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
					
				 Do you know why there was a 1 1/2 mile allowance race on the Belmont undercard?
 And, furthermore, you are suggesting the JCGC, once considered as prestigious a race as was run in this country, should now be reduced to being a prep for a completely inconsequential race. Brilliant.
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When it was THE championship race of the year, in Kelso and Buckpasser's time, it was run at 2 miles.