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 2023 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic. For the fifth straight week, the leader in the rankings is Travers Stakes winner and
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Jacinto Vasquez: Panamanian Hall of Fame Rider of Legendary Fillies
Jacinto Vasquez won a long list of the nation’s premier races and earned a spot in the Racing Hall of Fame during a riding career that spanned more than 35 years. He won the Kentucky Derby and Travers twice and the Coaching Club American Oaks on three occasions. He also registered wins in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, the Whitney, Man o’ War, Blue Grass Stakes and Kentucky Oaks, to name a few.
Five Takeaways You Need to Know From Pennsylvania Derby Weekend
Tom Pedulla presents five takeaways from a weekend of racing highlighted by two Grade 1 races for 3-year-olds — the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby and the $1 million Cotillion Stakes for fillies — at Parx Racing in Bensalem, Pa.
Saudi Crown Wins Pennsylvania Derby Wire-to-wire, Ceiling Crusher Takes Cotillion
Hustled to the lead by jockey Florent Geroux, Saudi Crown controlled the $1 million Grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby from start to finish, outlasting a late-running Dreamlike to prevail by a half-length Sept.
