The Breeders’ Cup prep season is in full gear as the second weekend of August approaches, with three “Win and You’re In” races on the calendar, two in the U.S. and one in France.
After a weekend featuring one of the most important prep races for the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic wrapped up with Arthur’s Ride winning the Whitney Stakes, attention turns to turf racing this upcoming weekend with three Challenge Series preps on the schedule.
The fields for the 14 races that comprise the Breeders’ Cup World Championships really begin to come into focus in summer and fall. This regular feature will offer a snapshot profile of one of the previous weekend’s standout stars, usually a Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Challenge Series winner, and exploring their chances to win a targeted race Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar.
Tom Pedulla offers takeaways from the $1 million, Grade 1 Whitney Stakes and the $500,000, Grade 1 Test Stakes Presented by Ticketmaster at Saratoga Race Course, the $400,000, Grade 1
In his first stakes appearance, Arthur's Ride handled the class jump with ease and dominated the $1 million Grade 1 Whitney Stakes in front-running fashion Aug. 3 at Saratoga Race Course.
