After a three-week break, the Road to the Breeders’ Cup resumes on Saturday, July 23, with a significant “Win and You’re In” prep at the Jersey Shore anchoring the weekend's stakes activity that also includes some big races at Saratoga Race Course and a Challenge Series race in England.
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Saratoga Stories: A Champion in Fifteen Days
In today’s world of Thoroughbred horse racing, the path to winning an Eclipse award as champion 2-year-old is relatively clear. First, you win a maiden race for horses who have never won a race before. Then, you try to win at least one graded stakes race (preferably a Grade 1) and hopefully more; finally, you win either the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile or Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies to become the clear-cut champion of your division.
Five Key Takeaways You Need to Know From Opening Weekend at Saratoga
Tom Pedulla presents five key takeaways from Saturday’s $500,000 Diana Stakes at Saratoga Race Course and other major weekend developments:
In Italian Sets Record in Diana Victory, Mo Strike Scores in Sanford Stakes
Out on the Mellon Turf Course, 4-year-old filly In Italian was just rolling along in the $500,000 Diana Stakes at Saratoga Race Course July 16. Really, she was torching the Spa lawn, running the first quarter-mile in :22.45 seconds and the half in :45.83.
