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2025 Longines Breeders' Cup Classic, Sovereignty, Fierceness, Antiquarian

Sovereignty Remains on Top in New Breeders' Cup Power Rankings

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.

Win for the Money, Woodbine, Woodbine Mile, America's Best Racing, horse racing, ABR

2025 Woodbine Mile Cheat Sheet

The $1 million Rogers Woodbine Mile Stakes features a plethora of intriguing storylines, including last year’s winner, Win for the Money, seeking a repeat win Sept. 13 at Woodbine.

The race also lured an English classic winner seeking to regain his top form for connections that have won two of the last three editions of this race and a South African star making his North American debut.

Woodbine Mile, Woodbine, Summer Stakes, Natalma Stakes, America's Best Racing, horse racing, ABR

Ten Things You Need to Know About the 2025 Rogers Woodbine Mile

Saturday’s Rogers Woodbine Mile is a Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series “Win and You’re In” race for the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile Presented by PDJF, offering the winner a fees-paid berth to the Nov.

Iroquois Stakes, Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Nothing Personal, Sometime, No More Cents, So Special, Spice Runner, Shake and Rattle, Comport, Vost, Nine Ball, Maximus Prime, jockey, trainer, horse racing, ABR

2025 Iroquois Stakes at a Glance

It’s that time of the year again. The chase for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve officially begins Saturday with the $300,000 Iroquois Stakes at Churchill Downs, the first points race for the Triple Crown class of 2026.

Book’em Danno, gelding, owners, partnership, Atlantic Six Racing, Derek Ryan, trainer, Breeders’ Cup, Forego Stakes, Saratoga, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, True North, Paco Lopez, Jay Briscione, Jim Scappi, Mark Rubenstein, horse racing, sprinter, ABR

Atlantic Six Racing Aiming for New Heights with Sprint Sensation Book’em Danno

Atlantic Six Racing received an offer for Book’em Danno last season when he was a 3-year-old, a proposition so substantial it led each partner to take a deep breath and assess his priorities.

While partner Jim Scappi did not reveal the amount, he made it clear it was massive. “We got offered so much money,” he said, “we’ll never make it back.”

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