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Sovereignty. 2025 Travers Stakes, Saratoga Race Course, Midsummer Derby, Bill Mott

Sovereignty Cements Status Atop Breeders' Cup Classic Power Rankings With Travers Romp

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.

Pacific Classic, Del Mar, Cheat Sheet, horse racing, Breeders’ Cup, Fierceness, Journalism, Indispensable, Midnight Mammoth, Nysos, Tarantino, Ultimate Gamble, Lure Him In, jockey, trainer, ABR

2025 Pacific Classic Cheat Sheet

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.

Nashville Derby Invitational Stakes, Kentucky Downs, America's Best Racing, horse racing, ABR

2025 Nashville Derby Invitational Stakes at a Glance

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.

Sandman, turf, Griffin Johnson, Kentucky Downs, Mark Casse, Jose Ortiz, trainer, jockey, pedigree, bloodline, Tapit, social media, Nashville Derby, fan favorite, Cigar, Hall of Fame, racehorse, horse racing, dirt, ABR

Sandman, America’s Most Viral Racehorse, is Trying Something New

Over the past several months, Sandman has taken a growing social media fanbase on a thrill ride stopping at some of horse racing’s biggest events including the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.

P.G. Johnson: Hall of Fame Trainer Renowned for His Horsemanship

Todd Pletcher, winner of a record seven Eclipse Awards as the leading trainer in North America, learned invaluable lessons as a top assistant to Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas.

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