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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
There is a governing body that decides whether or not a stakes race will be graded and what the grading will be. And when it comes to breeding, graded stakes wins and placings are what is important. If a track decided to have a race to compete with the Preakness and Belmont, it is unlikely that those races would be given graded stakes accreditation. Without graded stakes accreditation, the best horses are not going to run.
I would say that the scenario you asked about is extremely unlikely to happen.
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With good enough fields, the race would eventually become graded. I don't think it matters much to people what a race's grade is once they reach a certain level. The first thought that came to my mind was the race they put together in 1990 at Arlington to get Sunday Silence, Easy Goer, and Criminal Type together.
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