Colonial Turf 1million

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Originally Posted by eurobounce

This tells us it is more important to get that Graded win. A trainer would rather win a $500k Grade I than a $1mm ungraded race. This is what is wrong with racing. Of course it all because of breeding.

The American Oaks started out the same way but the racing secretary did a great job of obtaining some great runners. The thing about Colonial Downs is probably the timing of the 3 yr old season in general with everything in a bit of a lull. I would at least think they would try to attract some of the European runners who werent quite of the Group 1 winning caliber