Since horse racing’s year-end Eclipse awards were inaugurated in 1971, only six fillies have achieved the difficult feat of being named champion both as a 2-year-old and as a 3-year-old.
Since dropping a head decision to Domestic Spending in the Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes in the summer of his 3-year-old year, the gambling public knows that when Gufo is in the race, a top-three finish is sure to follow. The remarkably consistent son of Declaration of War has been out of the money only twice in 19 career starts, and following his repeat victory in the Aug.
More than a $250,000 purse and Grade 2 laurels will be on the line Saturday when 10 top-notch runners clash at Del Mar in the Pat O’Brien Stakes. A plane ticket to the East and a free spot in the Breeders’ Cup will be awarded to the winner, though not to the race at the World Championships that one might expect.
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 2022 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic.
