Five New Grade I Races in 2007; Two Others Drop to Grade II

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Why aren't you counting Saint Liam?

As big a travesty as the Arkansas Derby not going to G1 is that the Southwest is still ungraded. It should absolutely be a G3 between the combination of horses that have won it the past three years and the $250,000 purse.

I think the Rebel should be a III, Southwest a II and the Arkansas Derby a I.