Saturday’s card at Saratoga Race Course was one to remember, featuring a memorable five consecutive Grade 1 races, including the $1.25 million DraftKings Travers Stakes.
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 2025 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic. The rankings are a weekly rating of the top 10 horses in contention and are determined by each voter ranking their top 10 horses with points assigned on a descending 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.
A highly competitive field has assembled to contest Saturday’s $2 million, Grade 2 Mint Kentucky Turf Sprint Stakes at Kentucky Downs, a “Win and You’re In” qualifier for the Nov. 1 Grade 1 Prevagen Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint.
The Labor Day holiday weekend is annually a big one in North American horse racing, marked by the final days of Saratoga Race Course’s summer meet and sometimes by Del Mar’s signature race. That’s the case this year as the Pacific Classic Stakes will be held for the 35th time Saturday, Aug.
If it’s the final weekend in August, it’s time to get ready for what is year-in, year-out one of the highlights of the North American racing calendar: Del Mar’s signature event, the Pacific Classic Stakes.
