Five New Grade I Races in 2007; Two Others Drop to Grade II

Originally Posted by Kasept

Borrego...

Ok thats 5.

Lets face it, the Bluegrass's 3 weeks out from the Derby has really hurt its stature.
That and the fact that it was run over a suspect track that was speed favoring, which they have now changed to absolutely no chance in hell on the lead.
My prognosis for the future of the Blue Grass is bleak.
Why would anyone wanna prep for the Derby over poly where speed has no chance, 3 weeks out, when you can prep at Gulf 5 weeks out, Aqu 4 weeks out, Ark weeks out, or SA 4 weeks out?
What you will get is 2nd tier horses looking to get earnings to get in who will end up making no impact on the Derby.