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Summer Stakes, Woodbine, Win and You’re In, Breeders’ Cup, Juvenile Turf, turf, Argos, Bill of Ice, Casson, Jupiter, Marcus J, Rude Procedure, Teddy’s Rocket, Thesecretadversary, Timeframe, Two Out Hero, Wild Desert, Military Time, ABR

2025 Summer Stakes at a Glance

The $500,000, Grade 1 bet365.com Summer Stakes is one of three races scheduled for Saturday at Woodbine that are part of the Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Challenge Series. The Summer Stakes winner will receive a reserved spot in the starting gate for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Oct. 31 at Del Mar with entry fees waived and a travel stipend.

Equibase, earnings, rankings, racehorses, trainers, jockeys, Epic Ride, Kentucky Downs, Mint Millions, purses, Flavien Prat, Brad Cox, Street Beast, Juvenile Mile, horse racing, ABR

Equibase Leaders: Lucrative Kentucky Downs Purses Affect Standings

Last weekend’s Saturday and Sunday cards at Kentucky Downs featured eight stakes races worth a combined $15 million in purses, and the ripple effect on the Equibase leaderboards measuring earnings in North American Thoroughbred racing was significant, to say the least. When Sunday’s final race was made official, standings in multiple divisions had been reshaped by results at the turf-only track in south central Kentucky.

Ted Noffey, It’s Our Time, Saratoga Race Course, America's Best Racing, horse racing, ABR

Rookie Rankings: Five 2-Year-Old Prospects to Watch From the Saratoga Summer Meet

The 2025 Saratoga Race Course summer meet wrapped up on Labor Day weekend. Throughout the meet, racing fans were treated to a bevy of exciting performances from lightly raced 2-year-olds with 2025 Breeders’ Cup and 2026 Triple Crown aspirations.

I’ve analyzed the results and ranked the top five juveniles of the meet:

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.

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