Many years ago, you had no Pepsi North America Cup and Breeders Crown, so the Messenger, and the Jug were go to races for the money.  Priorities have changed.  More bigger races yield more competition coming out of the woodwork.  It's easy to map out a schedule of big races, actually racing them all is a more difficult thing to accomplish!

My biggest disappointment with this Administration is that they didn't remained focused on the waste, theft and fraud associated with government payments and spending.
With the size and speed of data analysis available today, the government should have been able to eliminate or reduce significantly the exorbitant scams.

total agreement fella
horses today are considered far superior to even 5-10 years ago
but they cant go to Delaware and race 2 heats ??
they feel the need to baby these 3 yr olds late in the season
but the same owners /trainers blast the shit out of them in june/july of their 2 yr old season
like it or not the jug is the only place the sport gets 40,000 people to watch the races
it should be more of a festival of racing spread over more days having al the best horses there  for at least 3 days
the sport continually shots itself in the foot

Not to diminish your list, but let's be honest, the average person is most concerned in how their investments are doing no matter who you support.