Summer racing is officially in full swing now that Del Mar has opened on the West Coast to join Saratoga Race Course back East, and the upcoming weekend is filled with top-quality action at those two venues and elsewhere.
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 whether I’m buying or selling their chances to win Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar.
Tom Pedulla offers takeaways from the $1 million NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes at New Jersey’s Monmouth Park, the $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga Race Course and other recent major developments.
Dornoch established himself as the new leader of an ultracompetitive 3-year-old division with an assertive score in the $1 million Grade 1 NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes July 20 at Monmouth Park.
The field for the $1 million, Grade 1 NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes Saturday at Monmouth Park contains six winners of stakes races for 3-year-olds among its eight entrants.
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