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

Originally Posted by oracle80

You are kidding right?
If thats the case then you have a whole bucnch of stakes in NY that have been downgraded that have richer histories than 90% of the current grade ones.
Check out the history of the fall highweight handicap. Its no longer even a grade 3!!!
History has no place in what should be greated.
Races evolve and take on different meaning and stature.
Its nonsense to think that what happened in 1940 means anything today.

I think it is a balance of past and present history of the race. I put more emphasis on past history than present. And I think the Fall Highweight should be a Graded race.