One of the biggest weekends in North American horse racing is coming up, highlighted by a spectacular Saturday Aug. 27 racecard at Saratoga Race Course that is anchored by the 153rd edition of the Runhappy Travers Stakes.
In 2022, the 3-year-old dirt male division in North American Thoroughbred racing has been highly competitive with a pecking order constantly in flux. Three different horses won Triple Crown races and injuries and setbacks have affected the campaigns of several top contenders.
Each week a panel of media members, horseplayers, and Breeders’ Cup World Championships officials release a poll tabulating their votes on the nation's top contenders for the 2022 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic.
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.
Tom Pedulla presents five key takeaways from Saturday’s Arlington Million Stakes and Beverly D. Stakes, both run for the first time at Churchill Downs, and other major weekend developments:
