Once in a blue moon? Grade 1's everywhere have gone down in quality. Its not just California. Aside from Saratoga and Belmont fall's meet, you are really hard pressed to find Grade 1's as good as they were in past decades. The Triple Crown this year was hopeless. Pimlico Special. Wood memorial. Jokes. Granted, the polytrack has pretty much ruined California racing, the quality of top level races is down everywhere. Lets be real.
This Bing Crosby looks as good as any of the races at Saratoga on Saturday with the exception of the Diana. The Go for Wand is a walkover with Ginger Punch. The Whitney is the same old cast of characters we saw in the Suburban with the exception of Commentator who crushes bad fields and looks like a completely different animal against good horses. The Vanderbilt will be a good betting race but as far as star quality, is there really any?
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