In the week leading up to the $500,000 Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks July 25 at Saratoga Race Course, the race was billed it as a heavyweight rematch between the year's two top 3-year-old fillies -- Grade 1 Longines Kentucky Oaks winner
Coolmore America and the ownership group of Journalism announced July 24 that the 2025 Preakness Stakes winner and earner of over $4.7 million will be retired following an injury he sustained in the starting gate prior to the San Diego Handicap at Del Mar on July 18, a race he won by three-quarters of a length.
There was excitement and uncertainty entering the inaugural Breeders’ Cup in 1984, but the initial championship had exceeded the hype even before it came to an unforgettable conclusion when three tenacious racehorses rumbled toward the Breeders’ Cup Classic finish line unwilling to give an inch.
It was an incredible week of racing throughout North America with a total of 53 stakes races run in the U.S. and Canada, including 12 graded stakes. Opening weekend at Del Mar and the biggest week of racing for the year at Monmouth Park, along with three graded stakes at Saratoga, brought significant changes to the Equibase leaderboard based on North American earnings in all divisions.
