The American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association today presented its listing of U.S. Graded and Listed Stakes Races for calendar year 2025, the results of its annual grading session conducted December 16 and 17.
The committee reviewed 957 U.S. stakes races with a purse of at least $75,000, and assigned Graded status to 415 of them, 14 fewer than were graded in 2024, and Listed status to 210 races. Four Graded races were upgraded; one new Grade I and three new Grade II races were named; nine new Grade III races were identified. Twelve new Listed races and one new Listed-Restricted race were upgraded from non-Listed Black Type (NLBT) status.
Thirty-three Graded races were downgraded; one Grade I, 10 Grade II and 22 Grade III races were demoted. Twenty-one Listed races were downgraded to NLBT status.
One race was upgraded from Grade II to Grade I status for 2025: the American Turf S. at Churchill…
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