Fair Grounds plays musical races, names a G3 for Rachel

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by deltagulf

well how about just making a new stakes race and naming it after the horse, and not taking away from one already being honored.

I think it's a quickie way of getting graded status for a race sometimes. Horses already point to it or use it as a prep for another race. Right out of the gate, the Zenyatta wouldn't have to build to a G1 and they don't need to get a purse put together for it, they just shift everything over. They could've given her a different graded race, but whatever. I was a bit annoyed with how they chose Rachel's. Would they ever even try to make the grading any higher than G3 since it points to the Fair Grounds Oaks?