Mother Goose

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by Konk

Calling it a Gr2 is being very generous.
Not single Gr2 winner in it. Or even a Gr3.
Best it had to offer was a 125K stake winner.
The winner was a first level allowance winner.

It should not even be graded at this rate.

Except that's not how the grading of stakes works. Stakes are evaluated by the American Graded Stakes Committee on a 'rolling average' basis of field quality. Read about it here: https://toba.org/graded-stakes/ (See Grading Session Worksheet tab)

And here's the last nine Mother Goose winners to get a feel for what the race produces..