Sweet Azteca won a pace duel with the speedy Thermal to take the Rancho Bernardo Stakes at Del Mar for the third straight year. Juan Hernandez was aboard the 6-year-old daughter of Sharp Azteca for trainer Richard Baltas.

Despite the sudden retirement of stable star Bow Echo, trainer George Boughey is looking to the horizon of what is yet to come for the team. On that immediate horizon is Survie chasing grade 1 glory in the Christophe Clement Turf Stakes (G1T).

The Challenge, presented by Gainesway, looks at how the Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) division is shaping up ahead of the Christophe Clement Turf Stakes (G1T).

Sweet Azteca does not race often, but when she does look out. The massive gray/roan mare tops the field for the Rancho Bernardo Stakes (G3) Aug. 16 at Del Mar, with a start in the Breeders' Cup on the horizon.

There's no doubt who will be the sentimental favorite in the Aug. 15 Christophe Clement Turf Stakes (G1T). That will be Peachtree Stable's Tawny Port, who is trained by Miguel Clement, the son of the late Christophe Clement.

Godolphin's Sovereignty is atop the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred Poll following his 4 3/4-length, come-from-behind victory against a star-studded field in the Aug. 8 Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga.

The morning after winning the Whitney Stakes (G1), Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott took a moment to reminisce about the love the Saratoga Race Course crowd showed Sovereignty Aug. 8.

The morning after winning the Whitney Stakes (G1), Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott took a moment to reminisce about the love the Saratoga Race Course crowd showed Sovereignty Aug. 8.

Following disappointing runs in the Whitney Stakes (G1) Aug. 8, Magnitude will likely train up to the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) while connections will debate White Abarrio's retirement.

Rebounding from a pair of losses to begin his 4-year-old campaign, Godolphin's reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty closes from the back of the pack to wallop the opposition in the Whitney Stakes (G1) Aug. 8 at Saratoga Race Course.

Taking aim at pacesetting Mi Bago in the stretch, Deterministic kicks clear through the lane to capture the $750,000 Fourstardave Stakes (G1T) Aug. 8 at Saratoga Race Course for the second consecutive year.

In this week's The Challenge, presented by Gainesway, horses competing in the Whitney Stakes (G1) and Fourstardave Stakes (G1T) Aug. 8 figure to leave their mark at the Breeders' Cup this fall, just as they have regularly done through the years.

There will be a touch of nostalgia attached to the Aug. 8 Whitney Stakes (G1) thanks to trainer Mark Casse and D. J. Stable's brilliant 4-year-old filly Nitrogen.

Magnitude is coming off an impressive 1 1/4-length victory in the June 27 Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs and now heads into the Aug. 8 Whitney Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

A photographic review of the winners of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.

When the mile fraction in a mile-and-a-half race on firm turf is posted as 1:44.55, it does not bode well for the closers in the field. But frigid fractions in the $250,000 Glens Falls Stakes (G2T) could not stop 2-1 favorite Survie.

With the goal still to defend her title in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T), Shisospicy recorded her first breeze Aug. 2 after being sidelined with an illness in May.

Eunomia ventured to California for the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) Aug. 1 and came away with a grade 1 prize after defeating local hopefuls Om N Joy and Simply Joking in the mile and one-sixteenth main track event.

Anyone looking for a key 2-year-old maiden race to follow would be wise to tab the first race Aug. 1 at Saratoga Race Course.

A photographic review of the winners of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.