Mixer Stakes - Paint Proposal

[Laura Ferguson]

Paint Stakes. This is the breed in second most need of help. Again, this is subject to Steward approval, but here is what I'm proposing to send her, broken out by division (again, for ease of reading, the other two divisions are replies to this post):

Sprint - currently there are 10 G1s, 2G2s and 4 G3s, for 9% graded stakes. If all of my proposed changes are accepted, this would increase to 15%.

2yos - currently 4 G1s (two W13W, two W16W), two G2s (W10S) and four G3s (two W5S and two W7W)

ADD
W8S G3 300yds, 2yo C&G, Opalesce Stakes
W8S G3 300yds, 2yo F, Abigail Williams Stakes

3yos - currently two G1s (W10W) and two G3s (W7W)

ADD
W2S G3 300yds, 3yo C&G, Sans Note Stakes
W2S G3 300yds, 3yo F, Inara Stakes
W4S G2 350yds, 3yo C&G, Rockslide Stakes
W4S G2 350yds, 3yo F, Wild Feels Stakes

3yo & up - currently two G1s (both W16W0
W10S G3 300yds, 3yo&up, C&G, Golden Shock Stakes
W10S G3 300yds, 3yo&up, F&M, Girona Stakes
W13S G2 350yds, 3yo&up, C&G, Angel Raphael Stakes
W13S G2 350yds, 3yo&up, F&M, Night Into Day Stakes

4yo & up - currently two G1s (both W6W). There is also a little bit of an imbalance between listed filly and open races, so I'm adding one listed stakes as well

ADD:
W3S G3 300yds, 4yo&up, C&G, Three Buccaneers Stakes
W3S G3 300yds, 4yo&up, F&M, Three Sneaks Stakes
W5S Listed 350 yds, 4yo&up, C&G, Heza Shockin' Stakes
W8W G2 350 yds, 4yo&up, C&G, O Hi O Stakes
W8W G2 350 yds, 4yo&up, F&M, Templeofartemis Stakes

[Laura Ferguson]

Mid - currently there are 8G1s, 4G2s and 6 G3s for 12% graded stakes. If all of my proposed stakes are accepted, this would increase to 16%, and a little higher if the two W14 stakes are upgraded to G3.

2yos - currently 4 G1s (two W11W and two W16W), two G2s (W10S), and two G3s (W9W). A little bit of an imbalance between colt and filly listed stakes, but otherwise, this group is in decent shape in terms of this go-round of proposals.

ADD
W6S Listed 400yds, 2yo C&G, Splash Works Stakes

3yos - currently two G3s (W9W), plus a slight imbalance between colt & filly listed stakes. Not including one G1 at player-owned track.

ADD
W3S G3 400yds, 3yo C&G, Miramar Stakes
W3S G3 400yds, 3yo F, Ebionite Stakes
W7W Listed 400yds, 3yo C&G, Do Not Go Quiet Stakes
W13W G2 400yds, 3yo C&G, Inspiring Streak Stakes
W13W G2 400yds, 3yo F, She's Country Stakes

3yo & up - currently 4 G1s (two W11W, two W16W), two G2s (W7W) and two G3s (W9W). Not including two G2s at player owned tracks.

No changes proposed, other than consider upgrading the two listed stakes W14W to G3 status (Rhododendron Stakes and The Mix It Up Stakes)

4yo & up - currently no graded stakes

ADD
W3W G3 400yds, 4yo & up, C&G, Canadian Rye Stakes
W3W G3 400yds, 4yo & up, F&M, Saria's Firesong Stakes
W5W G2 400yds, 4yo & up, C&G, Remember Today Stakes
W5W G2 400yds, 4yo & up, F&M, Kissin' Frogs Stakes

[Laura Ferguson]

Route - currently there are 8G1s, 4G2s, and 4G3s for 11% graded stakes. If all of my proposed changes are accepted, this would increase to 17%.

2yos - currently 4G1s (two W8W and two W16W), two G2s (W12W) and two G3s (W12S). This does not include a G1 and a G3 at player-owned tracks. This division is in decent shape for this go-round of proposals, so no changes are proposed.

3yos - currently two G3s W4W. This does not include a G2 at a player-owned track, and there's an imbalance between the number of filly and open listed stakes.

ADD
W6W G2 870yds, 3yo C&G, Go Postal Stakes
W6W G2 870yds, 3yo F, Go Royal Stakes
W9S G3 870yds, 3yo C&G, Painted Paws Stakes
W9S G3 870yds, 3yo F, Deroyal Platinum Stakes
W10S Listed 870 yards, 3yo C&G, Cerebos Stakes

3yo & up - currently four G1s (two W8W, two W16W), and two G2s (W12W). This does not include a G1 and a G3 at player-owned tracks. There's an imbalance between the number of filly and open listed stakes

ADD
W13S Listed 870 yds, 3yo & up, C&G, Challenger Two Stakes
W14W G3 870yds, 3yo & up, C&G, Telegram Sam Stakes
W14W G3 870yds, 3yo & up, F&M, The Strider Stakes

4yo & up - currently no graded stakes

ADD
W3W G2 870 yds, 4yo & up, C&G, Prequell Stakes
W3W G2 870 yds, 4yo & up, F&M, Midnight Hat Trick Stakes
W6W G3 870yds, 4yo & up, C&G, Inspired Italy Stakes
W6W G3 870yds, 4yo & up, F&M, Such a Scream Stakes

[Dave Trainer]

The only problem I see is like in the route where the G2 and G3 for 2yo's are all week 12. Would it not be better to split them to different weeks?

[Maria Schreuder]

If this can be implemented, one of the stakes should be named after Laura for all her hard work!!

[Laura Ferguson]

The only problem I see is like in the route where the G2 and G3 for 2yo's are all week 12. Would it not be better to split them to different weeks?

I'll suggest moving the W12S G3 to W14 W.

[Lori Hamill]

Laura, you are a super woman, so grateful for all that you are doing for the mixers and all of the effort you put into the game on a daily basis. ❤

[Dave Trainer]

Laura, you are a super woman, so grateful for all that you are doing for the mixers and all of the effort you put into the game on a daily basis. ❤

+1

[Tammy Stawicki]

Laura, you are a super woman, so grateful for all that you are doing for the mixers and all of the effort you put into the game on a daily basis. ❤

+1

+2

This is an amazingly detailed schedule with race names and everything (was glad to see some of mine in there). Doing this for every division has to be taking you a BOATLOAD of time. Thank you so much for doing it.

[The Steward]

Paints have been implemented, with an extra G1 per division because I'm in a friendly, Oprah-giving G1s kind of mood.

[Darcy McBride]

Paints have been implemented, with an extra G1 per division because I'm in a friendly, Oprah-giving G1s kind of mood.

*As I run to look under my seat".

Wonderful to see the upgrades for mixers!

Laura F. gets my vote for the SIM Merit Award for YR 59!

[Tammy Stawicki]

Paints have been implemented, with an extra G1 per division because I'm in a friendly, Oprah-giving G1s kind of mood.

WooooHooooo!!!!

I was so excited I even made my own Orpah gif. Though sadly it won't share so you have to go to the link to see it (fail I know): https://imgflip.com/gif/5ftf7o

[Frank Wiley]

Laura, you are a super woman, so grateful for all that you are doing for the mixers and all of the effort you put into the game on a daily basis. ❤

Absobluddylutely

[The Steward]

Paints have been implemented, with an extra G1 per division because I'm in a friendly, Oprah-giving G1s kind of mood.

WooooHooooo!!!!

I was so excited I even made my own Orpah gif. Though sadly it won't share so you have to go to the link to see it (fail I know): https://imgflip.com/gif/5ftf7o

If you ever wanted to motivate me to make MORE G1s, Oprah gifs are the way to go.

[Andrew Chillin]

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