Saturday at Saratoga was a big day for trainer Todd Pletcher, who won five races on the August 1 card capped off by a win by Renegade in the $485,000 Grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes presented by Mohegan Sun for part-owner
The Breeders’ Cup World Championships headed into its fourth year of existence firmly established as a signature event to accompany the springtime Triple Crown, and in 1987 it returned to the track where it was launched in 1984, Hollywood Park in Los Angeles.
Graded stakes action across the country and in Canada brought some changes to the Equibase North American leaderboard, specifically among 3-year-old fillies with Counting Stars taking the lead following her win in the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga.
Plenty has changed in the 45 years since the legendary John Henry nipped The Bart in the first and most memorable edition of the Arlington Million. Surviving numerous obstacles, the 1 1/4-mile race remains one of the most prestigious events run on American turf.
