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Originally Posted by CSC
I agree for the most part, but Jambalaya won this race last year and he went on to win the Arlington Million. That in itself may have kept this race as a grade 1 though I am no expert in how races are regraded yearly.
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Being so early in the year is probably what has kept it a G1. It draws a weak field at the time but then has 9 months for a horse from that field to go on and win something big and validate the grading. This is actually an above average crew for this race compared to the past several years.