America’s Best Racing’s Mike Curry offers five key takeaways from an important weekend of summer racing headlined by the $1 million Pacific Classic Stakes at Del Mar and the $600,000 Alabama Stakes Presented by Keeneland Sales at
SLIDESHOW: Get to Know the 2026 Travers Stakes Contenders
The $1.25 million DraftKings Travers Stakes is arguably the most important race of the summer racing calendar in the United States, a 1 ¼-mile dirt race for 3-year-olds at Saratoga Race Course that typically attracts many of the racehorses fans got to know on that year’s Triple Crown. This year is no exception as the famed “Mid-Summer Derby” on Aug.
Deauville Top Rated Horses Sunday 23rd August
Deauville Top Rated Horses Sunday 23rd August
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DEE’S FUNNY GIRL, 165.7
YUQUOT, 137.5
WOOT WOOT, 134.2
DIVINA FE, 124.2
LE BON TEMPS ROULE, 122.7
HINATA GREY, 118.7
13:33
DOUBLE MAJOR, 196.5
SANTORINI STAR, 162.7
DEFIANTLY, 115.2
BARBATE, 85.2
AERONEF, 83.7
14:15
GERARD TER BORCH, 136.0
DRUMARD, 134.5
JOHNNY HAMMER, 78.8
AMERICAN GLORY, 77.7
TIEGO THE FIRST, 66.7
STARNBERG, 66.3
EVERILLO, 64.5
LE COMBAT CONTINUE, 63.7
PACIFISTE, 63.2
PRINCE DES VILLES, 62.5
DARING PRINCE, 55.2
GANASS, 52.3
GUILLERETTE, 49.2
NOUS Y SOMMES, 39.0
PAOLINO, 23.3
14.50
SENORITA BONITA, 148.7
KOSUMA, 146.3
MAN’S BEST FRIEND, 121.8
DRAZINDA, 111.7
ORTHODOX, 99.3
GREAT BARRIER REEF, 95.2
CARRY THE FLAG, 85.8
TRIBECA, 82.3
15:25
DIAMOND NECKLACE, 187.3
AVENTURE, 151.8
CANKOURA, 114.7
RED LETTER, 91.8
TIMEFORSHOWCASING, 74.2
REBEL MOON, 62.2
BEAUTIFY, 61.5
PIERCHIC, 56.2
QILIN QUEEN, 53.5
MOMENTS OF JOY, 53.5
16:00
SIM CARD, 117.2
MORO, 111.0
MON COMEDIEN, 94.0
HAPPY SAXON, 76.8
SWIFT FLIGHT, 73.7
SIMANCAS, 68.2
CLICCLIC PANPANPAN, 67.5
JOYEUSE SAGE, 63.5
HANSOTTOGRUBER, 60.8
FLASH GIRL, 59.0
BALAKOVNA, 58.0
DORIANELLO, 57.3
ASLAN SENORA, 55.5
SOGYNT, 44.7
16:35
WHAKA, 142.0
ALINKA, 121.0
UNE AVENTURE, 101.7
ZERO STRESS, 89.5
SOCIANDO, 85.7
ROMANCIER NOCTURNE, 72.2
MAURICIA, 71.3
HALSEY, 70.3
HODIE MIHI, 59.7
FILLETTE DU HOULEY, 58.0
17:10
I LIKED IT, 118.3
HABIBA, 116.2
FASOLDOFA, 81.3
PRESSURE TEST, 75.3
DANAFLO, 68.3
ANDRESY, 63.7
NUGHAYA FAL, 45.2
PINK FEVER, 43.0
Knightsbridge Romps in Pacific Classic, Earns Spot in Breeders’ Cup Classic
Any doubts that Godolphin's homebred Knightsbridge would be able to handle the 1 1/4 miles of the $1,003,000 Grade 1 Pacific Classic Stakes at Del Mar evaporated at the top of the stretch Aug.
