The fields for the 14 races that comprise the Breeders’ Cup World Championships really begin to come into focus in summer and fall and this regular feature will offer a snapshot profile of one of the previous weekend’s standout stars.
The upcoming weekend in horse racing is highlighted by top-level turf racing at Kentucky Downs and the final days of Del Mar’s summer meet in California. Kentucky Downs will host live racing on Thursday, Sept. 7, Saturday, Sept. 9, and Sunday, Sept. 10, the last of which is also Del Mar’s closing day.
The 3-year-olds showed up their older peers in the Grade 1 FanDuel Racing Pacific Classic Sept. 2 at Del Mar, as Arabian Knight held off Geaux Rocket Ride in a thriller that spoke to the quality of both 3-year-olds.
The Sept. 2 Flower Bowl Stakes at Saratoga Race Course will go in the books as a 1 3/8-mile turf race, but those who watched it, or examined the race’s fractions, know it was more like a three-furlong sprint that followed a one-mile warm-up.
