Tom Pedulla presents five takeaways from the three Breeders’ Cup Challenge races this weekend at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto as well as developments leading to the Oct. 3 Preakness Stakes at Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course:
Canadian Horse of the Year Starship Jubilee extended her legend Sept. 19 and beat the boys in the Grade 1 Ricoh Woodbine Mile at Woodbine, punching her ticket to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.
One-mile turf stakes are not as fashionable in North America as they are in Europe, but there are a few of them in this part of the world that truly stand out.
Making the Grade, which will run through the 2020 Triple Crown races, focuses on the winners or top performers of the key races, usually from the previous weekend, who could make an impact on the Triple Crown.
