My personal opinion is that no race that is universally agreed is a prep for another race should be on equal standing, grade wise, as the main event. I personally don't feel that any of the main Kentucky Derby preps (SA Derby, FL Derby, AR Derby, Blue Grass, Wood) should be grade ones. I think they should be dropped to grade two and the preps for those races should be grade three and so on down the line.
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020)
Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine
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