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Old 12-02-2016, 10:12 PM
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Ugh....
First of all,the Mother Goose never should of been downgraded to a Grade 2.
Just take a look at 3 of the last 8 winners of the race:
2009: Rachel Alexandra.
2013: Close Hatches.
2014: Untapable.
They blew that one....

I guess I get the Wood,for some reason that race hasn't produced......strange.

The Blue Grass is gonna sting,that's flat out breeding country.......
They'll be scrambling over @ Keenland to get the race back up to a Grade 1.
Don't forget,the Blue Grass was downgraded to a Grade 2 for pretty much the entire decade of the 90's.

The question is........how do the Wood/Blue Grass get bumped back up ?
Both Keenland/NYRA have money to use, if that's the way they want to approach it to attract top runners.
A race sequential bonus{BC/Triple Crown race} might do the trick,or a 50% (or more) purse hike will surely thicken up the quality of the fields.
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