After a weekend which saw fan favorite Got Stormy earn an automatic berth into the Breeders’ Cup World Championships with a win at Saratoga Race Course, the spotlight shifts to sunny Southern California and the annual high point of Del Mar’s summer race meeting.
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Pacific Classic Quick Sheet: Get to Know the 2021 Pacific Classic Horses
This Saturday marks the headline race of the 2021 Del Mar season, when a field of nine top older horses will battle in the $1 million, Grade 1 TVG Pacific Classic Stakes. The race was inaugurated in 1991 as part of the defunct American Championship Racing Series, and has since become a key race on the national racing calendar.
Joshua Attard, 17, Teams With Grandfather With Queen’s Plate Hopeful Keep Grinding
A grandfather’s dream merges with his grandson’s ambition when Tino Attard saddles Joshua’s Keep Grinding for the $1 million Queen’s Plate on Sunday at Woodbine. The oldest continuously run race in North America has produced its share of against-all-odds tales since its establishment in 1860. This one surely ranks among them.
Two Emmys Upsets Mr. D. Stakes to Headline Saturday Arlington Card
If the Grade 1 Mr. D. Stakes was the final vestige of the Arlington Million, it will go into the history books as a victory for the locals, thanks to a felony-level theft.
