The Grade 2 Del Mar Derby is scheduled for Del Mar in the great state of California this Sunday, August 31. Some of the best three year olds around will take to Del Mar's revamped turf track and race 1 1/8 miles for a purse of $300,000.
The Grade 2 Bernard Baruch Handicap is on tap for this Saturday, August, 30 from a busy Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Horses three years old and upward will be featured when they take to Saratoga's turf track and go 1 1/16 miles searching for the winner's share of the $250,000 purse.
The Grade 1 Woodward Stakes is on tap for Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York this Saturday, August 30. A group of horses three years old and upward will take to Saratoga's dirt track and race 1 1/8 miles for the winner's share of the $600,000 purse.
Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York will play host to the Grade 1 Forego Stakes on Saturday, August 30. Horses three years old and upward will be featured when they go seven furlongs in search of the winner's share of the $500,000 purse and an automatic berth into the Breeders' Cup Sprint in November.
The Grade 2 With Anticipation Stakes comes our way from Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York this Thursday, August 28. A group of two tear olds will take to Saratoga's turf track and race 1 1/16 miles searching for the winner's share of the $200,000.
A quartet of Grade 1 winners will square off in Saturday's 145th running of the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course and the 1 1/4-mile race could have serious championship implications in the three-year-old division.
The Grade 3 Longacres Mile goes down this Sunday, August 23 from Emerald Downs in Auburn, Washington. Horses three years old and upward will take to Emerald Downs' main track and go one mile looking for the winner's share of the $200,000 purse.
The Grade 2 Pat O'Brien Stakes is scheduled for this Sunday, August 24 from Del Mar Race Track in California. Horses three years old and upward will race seven furlongs on Del Mar's All Weather track in pursuit of the winner's portion of the $250,000 purse and an automatic bid into the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile.
The Grade 2 Del Mar Mile goes down at - you guessed it - Del Mar Race Track in the great state of California this Sunday, August 24. A purse of $250,000 will be on the line for horses three years old and upward willing to race one mile on Del Mar's turf track.
The main event on a busy Sunday, August 24 at Del Mar Race Track is the Grade 1 Pacific Classic - a 1 1/4 miles test for horses three years old and upward on Del Mar's All Weather track. A tremendous purse of $1 million will be on the line as will an automatic berth into the Breeders' Cup Classic in October.