The road to the 2022 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic makes one final stop at Saratoga Race Course Saturday, Sept. 3, as some of the best male dirt horses in training will square off in the $1.25 million Jockey Club Gold Cup.
The $1 million TVG Pacific Classic Stakes represents the signature race of the Del Mar summer meet as well as one of the more important races in the chase for Eclipse Awards across multiple divisions such as champion older dirt male and Horse of the Year as well as champion 3-year-old male, on occasion.
Tom Pedulla presents five key takeaways from Saturday’s $1.25 million Grade 1 Runhappy Travers Stakes card at Saratoga Race Course and other major weekend developments:
Since dropping a head decision to Domestic Spending in the Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes in the summer of his 3-year-old year, the gambling public knows that when Gufo is in the race, a top-three finish is sure to follow. The remarkably consistent son of Declaration of War has been out of the money only twice in 19 career starts, and following his repeat victory in the Aug.
