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Old 12-03-2010, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Travis Stone View Post
The Marathon is a good idea... no, it will never become the next Derby, but having long distance races given some prominence is fine. And while it won't stop the Lookin at Lucky's from retiring at 3, it's at least an effort and an attempt... two things horse racing in general fails to do a lot of the time.

It may be a good idea (I am not so sure) but there is absolutely no possible way that based on the three runnings to date that they have ever assembled a grade 2 field nor are the prospects any better for any quality starters with this new grading. It is just silly.

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