A highly competitive field has assembled to contest Saturday’s $2 million, Grade 2 Mint Kentucky Turf Sprint Stakes at Kentucky Downs, a “Win and You’re In” qualifier for the Nov. 1 Grade 1 Prevagen Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint.
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.
The Labor Day holiday weekend is annually a big one in North American horse racing, marked by the final days of Saratoga Race Course’s summer meet and sometimes by Del Mar’s signature race. That’s the case this year as the FanDuel Pacific Classic Stakes will be held for the 35th time Saturday, Aug.
