When it comes to Mindframe’s last “race,” it’s a matter of perspective.
Technically, the 4-year-old’s most recent start was in the Aug. 31 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, when he did not finish first or second for the only time in his eight-race career.
The dust has settled on the biggest day of the year at Parx Racing, which featured four graded stakes races including the $1 million Cotillion Stakes and $1 million Pennsylvania Derby.
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.
Recently, the Ack Ack Stakes has become a highlight event of Churchill Downs’ short September meet along with the Lukas Classic Stakes and the track’s first two qualifying races for the following year’s Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and Longines Kentucky Oaks.
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