New Graded Races

California will have 4 new Grade I races in 2007. I guess the theory that some races will have a down grade in status is out of the window. Anyway, the four are: Goodwood, Ladys Secret, Norfolk, Del Mar Futurity. The only other grade race to get a bump up in status is the Darley Alcibiades. So f races gets an upgrade and all 5 will be run on a synthetic surface in 2007 (I believe this is correct).

Two races were down graded. They are the Clark and Matron.

New York will have 38 Grade I races, Cali will have 37 and KY will have 21.

There is more information on other graded races in the below link. The article can be read on bloodhorse.com

http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=36600