Re: The Light Brigade (733 Views)
Posted by:
richiebee (IP Logged)
Date: April 16, 2006 03:18PM
Seeking the Chuck's well reasoned response to the prospect of running multiple Derby heats (titled after the poem we all had to learn in school-- "half a league, half a league, half a league onward, into the valley of death rode the six hundred...") has me wondering if there are more, or less, graded races for 2YOs then there were 10 years ago.
At least looking at NYRA, it seems like a lot of the 2YO stakes which were Grade III are no longer Graded...
Being "bogged down in Tradition" is not a bad thing when it comes to racing. The other side of that coin is Polytrack and the construction of new venues (or the restoration of old ones) which "lose sight" of what racing is really all about.