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Originally Posted by King Glorious
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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Yes, it could become graded if the fields were really good, but it's kind of a "catch 22". I don't think the fields would be very good because I think owners would rather run in the TC races. But if the purses were huge, there might be strong fields and the race could probably get graded within a few years.
Nothing is impossible. If a track was going to start having $5 million races, that might attract some of the best horses away from the TC. I don't see any track doing that. It wouldn't be profitable.
With regard to Sheikh Mohammed, he already has his big day of racing in March. And as far as I know, I think he is a big fan of the Kentucky Derby and has always wanted to win it. I don't think he would want to do anything that would lessen the prestige of the Ky Derby.