Competitive racing is being ruined by there being too many Group 1 races. Getting a Group 1 victory used to mean something as your horse was running against the best. Now they are just trial races for these ridiculous Championship races run in October. While the Coventry being raised to a Group 1 would not dramatically affect the equilibrium of 2yo racing I just don't see the justification for it. The horses in it are just the most precocious of a mainly immature bunch of horses. What would it signify by making it Group 1 over what we already know? There should be one Group 1 race over 6f for 2yos and we have that in the Middle Park. Sure, the French have their Prix Morny in late August. Two 6f Group 1 races over 6f in Europe is quite enough. What would be gained by another one? The Pattern in Europe has been messed up by too many Group races giving easy stepping stones to some future race. They deny the racegoer worthwhile competition. True Group 1 horses used to have to run in Group 2s or not run at all. In those races true champions proved their worth by giving weight away.
