Tom Pedulla offers takeaways from a huge Labor Day racing weekend highlighted by a pair of $1 million races, the FanDuel Racing Pacific Classic Stakes Saturday at Del Mar and the Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes Sunday at
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Hopeful Stakes Win Crowns Chancer McPatrick Saratoga’s Top 2-Year-Old on Closing Day
Chancer McPatrick unleashed a powerful late rally down the middle of the track to edge Ferocious at the wire and win the $300,000 Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes Sept. 2 on closing day at Saratoga Race Course.
Highland Falls Notches Breeders’ Cup Classic Berth with Jockey Club Gold Cup Win
Highland Falls, a Brad Cox-trained Godolphin homebred turned-in a decisive victory in the $1 million Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes going 1 1/4 miles on Sept.
Mixto Upsets Pacific Classic to Earn Breeders’ Cup Berth, Gold Phoenix Wins Del Mar Handicap
Mixto always showed trainer Doug O'Neill that he had ability, but the 4-year-old colt had never put it together enough to stand in the winner's circle more than once in 13 prior tries.
