Track owner 1/ST will increase the purse of this year’s Preakness Stakes to $2 million and offer a $25 million racing and incentive series connecting a trio of Grade 1 races: this year’s Preakness and California Crown (formerly the Awesome Again Stakes), as well as the 2025 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes.
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2024 Gotham Stakes at a Glance
The Gotham Stakes may not be an ideal Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve prep race. It is, after all, contested at a one-turn mile in early March. Yet it terms of betting value, it’s hard to top the $300,000 Gotham Saturday at Aqueduct.
2024 San Felipe Stakes at a Glance
The $300,000, Grade 2 DK Horse San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita Park has traditionally been an important prep race on the Southern California road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, but it appears this year will be different.
2024 Santa Anita Handicap Cheat Sheet: Get to Know the Horses
The $400,000, Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap Presented by Yaamava’ Resort & Casino at San Manuel, which was rescheduled from Saturday, March 2, to Sunday, March 3, is an important early-season test at Santa Anita Park for older horses.
