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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: Harnesspower on July 25, 2025, 09:27:20 AM

Title: What’s with the Grade 1 meaning for the adios?
Post by: Harnesspower on July 25, 2025, 09:27:20 AM: Is harness racing trying to emulate the tbreds sport of kings? What’s with this grade 1 meaning??
Title: Re: What’s with the Grade 1 meaning for the adios?
Post by: Papillon on July 25, 2025, 09:28:25 AM: Quote from: Harnesspower on July 25, 2025, 09:27:20 AM
Is harness racing trying to emulate the tbreds sport of kings? What’s with this grade 1 meaning??

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Title: Re: What’s with the Grade 1 meaning for the adios?
Post by: Harnesspower on July 25, 2025, 09:33:26 AM: Does it mean the trainers are using Grade 1 mislabeled PED’s?? Grade 1 drenches/yogurts?
Title: Re: What’s with the Grade 1 meaning for the adios?
Post by: Papillon on July 25, 2025, 09:36:24 AM: Quote from: Harnesspower on July 25, 2025, 09:33:26 AM
Does it mean the trainers are using Grade 1 mislabeled PED’s?? Grade 1 drenches/yogurts?

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the breeders are sadly trying to enhance stud fees by creating their own "graded stakes" system
Title: Re: What’s with the Grade 1 meaning for the adios?
Post by: Mohawk mac on July 25, 2025, 09:58:23 AM: Graded harness racing stakes have been in existance down under for a long time. My partners and I bought a Grade 1 winning mare from N Z connections in 1994.