The road to the 2025 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic makes an important stop at Saratoga Race Course Labor Day weekend on Sunday, Aug. 31, as older male dirt horses go 1 ¼ miles in the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes.
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.
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.
If you are wondering why 14 3-year-olds are entered in Saturday’s Grade 3 DK Horse Nashville Derby Invitational Stakes at Kentucky Downs, there are 3.5 million reasons for Kentucky-breds. Each of them dollars. The Nashville Derby is one of the sport’s richest races and has attracted an overflow field of 14, with two also-eligible entrants.
