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Weekend Lineup: Awesome Again Highlights Stakes Action At Santa Anita

The upcoming week is highlighted by the opening of Santa Anita Park's fall meet, which was delayed by a week due to wildfires in the region. The weekend's slate features seven Breeders' Cup Challenge Series “Win and You're In” races including Saturday's headliner, the Grade 1 Awesome Again Stakes, which offers a fees-paid berth into the Breeders' Cup Classic.

TVG is the go-to network for comprehensive coverage of racing at Santa Anita Park, starting on opening day September 25. TVG will also feature racing from marquee venues across the country including Gulfstream Park, Monmouth Park and more.

Racing from Belmont Park and Churchill Downs continues on “America's Day at the Races” which airs on either FS1 or FS2. Check the schedule below for air times. The weekend's coverage on “America's Day at the Races” is highlighted by Saturday's Vosburgh Stakes at Belmont, a “Win and You're In” qualifier for the Breeders' Cup Sprint.

Friday September 25

6:12 p.m.—$100,000 Grade 3 Chillingworth Stakes at Santa Anita Park on TVG

Bob Baffert holds a strong three-card hand in the Chillingworth Stakes at Santa Anita, with his streaking 4-year-old Qahira, who is in search of her fourth consecutive win, rating top billing among a field of seven fillies and mares three and up going 6 ½ furlongs. Baffert will also be well represented by classy Quality Response, a restricted stakes winner at two who will be making her second start of the year on Friday and by recent restricted stakes winner Message, a 4-year-old filly that will be shortening up out of four consecutive routes.

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6:43 p.m.—$200,000 Grade 2 Eddie D. Stakes at Santa Anita Park on TVG

A graded stakes winning turf sprinter who was most recently a close fourth in a Grade 1 sprint on dirt, trainer Doug O'Neill's Wildman Jack looks like the horse to beat among a field of seven 3-year-olds and up in Friday's Eddie D. Stakes to be run at 5 ½ furlongs on turf. A W.C. Racing homebred 4-year-old gelding by O'Neill's 2013 Santa Anita Derby winner Goldencents, Wildman Jack was last seen at Santa Anita winning the Grade 3 Daytona Stakes three starts back on May 23.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/SA092520USA7-EQB.html

Saturday September 26

2:16 p.m.—$125,000 Grade 3 Ontario Fashion Stakes at Woodbine on TVG

Sav chases her second added-money title in Saturday's $125,000 Ontario Fashion, a six-furlong main track event which has attracted six starters. Trained by Ricky Griffith for owner Steven Duffield, Sav, who took last year's La Prevoyante Stakes, will go after her second straight win after a half-length score over seven furlongs on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course on August 15.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/WO092620CAN3-EQB.html

4:35 p.m.—$200,000 Grade 2 Chandelier Stakes at Santa Anita Park on TVG

With three out of the five runners in the Chandelier Stakes, Bob Baffert would appear to “have 'em surrounded” indeed, as his budding starlet Princess Noor fairly towers over her competitors, based upon two impressive tallies at Del Mar over the summer. Princess Noor has done little wrong in two starts, taking her 5 ½ furlong debut by 2 ½ lengths at 3-5 on August 22 and crushing five rivals by 6 ½ lengths at 3-5 in the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante going seven furlongs on September 6.

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4:42 p.m.—$100,000 Grade 3 Noble Damsel Stakes at Belmont Park on FS2

Feel Glorious (GB) has finished on the board in each of her last six starts and will look to win her second consecutive stakes contest in Saturday's Noble Damsel for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up on the Belmont Park Widener turf. Owned by Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and Tango Uniform Racing, Feel Glorious defeated fellow Noble Damsel-contender Chaleur in the 1 1/16-mile Perfect Sting on August 14 over firm Saratoga Race Course turf. That marked the Bated Breath filly's first win in three attempts of her 4-year-old campaign, which started with a third-place effort in the Grade 2 New York going 1 1/4 miles on June 27 at Belmont.

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4:53 p.m.—$100,000 Grade 3 Ack Ack Stakes at Churchill Downs on FS2

Ten Strike Racing and Madaket Stables' multiple stakes winner Warrior's Charge tops a full field of 14 that were entered in the one-mile Ack Ack. Trained by Brad Cox, Warrior's Charge was elevated to first in last month's Grade 3 Philip H. Iselin Stakes at Monmouth after interference by Pirate's Punch in the stretch. Warrior's Charge, a 4-year-old son of Munnings, won the Grade 3 Razorback at Oaklawn earlier this year and finished second behind By My Standards in the Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap.

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5:14 p.m.—$150,000 Grade 2 Vosburgh Stakes at Belmont Park on FS2

Six-time graded stakes winning millionaire Firenze Fire will take on five others in Saturday's Vosburgh Stakes over six furlongs. Firenze Fire has won four of his seven starts over Big Sandy, including a 1 ½-length score in the Grade 2 True North on June 27 three starts back. During his juvenile season, the Florida homebred son of Poseidon's Warrior bested subsequent champion Good Magic in the Grade 1 Champagne on October 2017 and was a runaway nine-length winner of the Grade 3 Dwyer in July 2018.

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6:41 p.m.—$300,000 Grade 1 Rodeo Drive Stakes at Santa Anita Park on TVG

Blessed with a pair of talented turf distaffers, trainer Richard Baltas has a big look at the Rodeo Drive Stakes at Santa Anita, as his Lady Prancealot (IRE), a fast closing second in her most recent start, has solid distance credentials, while his Bodhicitta is in top form although distance may be a question. A winner of the Grade 1 American Oaks in her only try at the Rodeo Drive distance five starts back on December 28, Lady Prancealot is winless in four graded stakes this year, but she flew late to be beaten a diminishing neck in the Grade 2 John C. Mabee Stakes at Del Mar September 5 and merits top billing.

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7:12 p.m.—$300,000 Grade 1 American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita Park on TVG

A gutty runner-up in two summertime starts, Bob Baffert's highly regarded Spielberg looms the horse to beat in the American Pharoah Stakes. Most recently second, beaten 1 ¾ lengths in the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity going seven furlongs on September 7, Spielberg, a $1 million Keeneland September Yearling, will try two turns for the first time and be ridden for the first time by eastern-based Luis Saez.

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7:43 p.m.—$200,000 Grade 2 John Henry Turf Championship Stakes at Santa Anita Park on TVG

A winner of three out of his last four starts and no worse than third in his last nine, Richard Mandella's classy United heads up a field of eight 3-year-olds in Saturday's John Henry Turf Championship. Most recently second, beaten a diminishing head at 3-5 in the Grade 2 Del Mar Handicap, United will again use the John Henry as a springboard to the Breeders' Cup Turf at Keeneland, a race in which he was a close second to eventual Horse of the Year Bricks and Mortar last year at Santa Anita.

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8:14 p.m.—$300,000 Grade 1 Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita Park on TVG

Unbeaten in two starts for Bob Baffert, Gary and Mary West's homebred Maximum Security, the No. 1-ranked horse in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll, heads a field of field of five in Awesome Again Stakes. Maximum Security comes off a huge three length win in the Grade 1 Pacific Classic on August 22 and will once again be a prohibitive favorite. Baffert's Improbable, winner of the Grade 1 Whitney Stakes at Saratoga August 1, will be bidding for his third consecutive win.

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Sunday September 27

5 p.m.—$200,000 Grade 2 Zenyatta Stakes at Santa Anita Park on TVG

An impressive gate to wire winner of her last two starts, the Gary and Mary West homebred Fighting Mad looms a standout in the Zenyatta Stakes, to be contested at 1 1/16-miles. Trainer Simon Callaghan's Harvest Moon, a 3-year-old daughter of Uncle Mo, has won her last three starts and is an up and comer that will attract considerable pari-mutuel attention. Hard Not to Love, a Grade 1 winner and well accomplished, comes off a dull sixth behind Fighting Mad in the Grade 1 Clement Hirsch at Del Mar and will hope to rebound for trainer John Shirreffs.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/SA092720USA4-EQB.html

5:24 p.m.—$100,000 Grade 3 Remington Park Oaks at Remington Park on TVG

Trainer Kenny McPeek has three of the eight horses entered for the Remington Park Oaks, including the heavy 7-5 morning-line favorite Envoutante. McPeek is looking for his second victory in this race, having won the 2013 edition with Montana Native. His other two entrants also certainly have a shot Sunday with Jeweled Princess at 4-1 and Curls and Bows at 6-1. That gives him three of the top four favorites in this field.

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7 p.m.—$200,000 Grade 2 Santa Anita Sprint Championship Stakes at Santa Anita Park on TVG

Trainer Mark Glatt's red-hot Collusion Illusion, who seeks his fourth consecutive win and C Z Rocket, in search of his fifth consecutive win photo, headline a solid field of five 3-year-olds and up in Sunday's Santa Anita Sprint Championship at six furlongs. A winner of five out of six starts, Collusion Illusion was all heart in taking Del Mar's Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes by a nose on August 1, while C Z Rocket, in his first graded stakes assignment, proved best by half a length in the Grade 2 Pat O'Brien going seven furlongs on August 29.

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8 p.m.—$100,000 Grade 3 Tokyo City Cup Stakes at Santa Anita Park on TVG

In a marathon devoid of any clear standout, Tizamagician, Azul Coast and Combatant all figure prominently among a field of seven in the Tokyo City Cup. A gate to wire first condition allowance winner going one mile on September 5 at Del Mar, Tizamagician broke his maiden on January 1 and now has two wins from six starts this year. A non-threatening fifth on turf in the Grade 3 La Jolla Handicap August 9, Azul Coast was second to his eventual Kentucky Derby winning stablemate Authentic five starts back in the Grade 3 Sham Stakes January 4.

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8:12 p.m.—$200,000 Grade 3 Oklahoma Derby at Remington Park on TVG

A competitive field of nine horses were drawn for the Oklahoma Derby with Indiana Derby winner Shared Sense being made the 5-2 morning-line favorite. The three horses with top earnings in the field are close in talent and in odds with Dean Martini at 7-2. He comes in as the winner of the Grade 3, $500,000 Ohio Derby and the top money earner in the field of nine horses at $393,202. Rowdy Yates, trying to become only the third Oklahoma-bred to win the Oklahoma Derby, is second in earnings with $346,556, and listed as the third-choice in the morning line at 4-1 odds.

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11:55 p.m.—$100,000 Grade 3 Canadian Derby at Century Mile on TVG

Trainer Robertino Diodoro has won four of the last seven Canadian Derbies. He goes for his fifth on Sunday with Something Natural, who was third in the Manitoba Derby behind Mongolian Wind and Mr. Unusual, who have both come to Edmonton. Something Natural did run second to eventual Louisiana Derby winner Wells Bayou at Oaklawn Park and also won a solid allowance race at Oaklawn.

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Weekend Lineup: Trio Of Breeders’ Cup Berths On The Line At Woodbine

The upcoming week is highlighted by three Breeders' Cup Challenge Series “Win and You're In” races, all of them at Woodbine. On Saturday, the $1 million Woodbine Mile is a “Win and You're In” qualifier for the Mile while Sunday features the Grade 1 Summer Stakes and the Natalma Stakes, which are qualifying preps for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf and the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, respectively.

All three races at Woodbine will be broadcast live on NBCSN as part of their Challenge Series “Win and You're In” TV schedule.

TVG will also partner with NBC Sports this weekend to bring live horse racing into homes throughout the country with coverage scheduled on Saturday and Sunday. “Trackside Live” will be simulcast from 5-6 p.m. ET on Saturday and from 4 -6 p.m. ET on Sunday.

Racing from Churchill Downs and Belmont Park will be showcased on “America's Day at the Races”, the NYRA-produced program which airs on either FS1 or FS2.

Saturday September 19

3:04 p.m.—$250,000 Grade 1 Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes at Belmont Park on FS1

Lael Stables' Magic Attitude, a Group 3 winner in France, will make her North American debut in the 10-furlong Belmont Oaks Invitational. By Galileo and out of the Group 1-winner Margot Did, Magic Attitude was bred in Great Britain by Katsumi Yoshida and is a full-sister to 2018 Group 2 Prix de Sandringham winner Mission Impassible, who is also multiple Grade/Group 1-placed. Magic Attitude presents an impressive ledger that includes a victory in the Group 3 Prix Vanteaux in May when racing off a nearly eight-month layoff for former conditioner Fabrice Chappet.

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4:27 p.m.—$125,000 Grade 3 Singspiel Stakes at Woodbine on TVG

Trainer Graham Motion has a two-pronged entry for the 1 ¼-miles Singspiel in stakes winner Standard Deviation and Nakamura. Standard Deviation traveled to Doha earlier this year where he ran second in the H.H. The Amir Trophy, but the son of Curlin has been off the board in his last two starts including a seventh-place run in the Grade 1 United Nations Stakes. Nakamura has finished third in his last two outings with his latest effort coming in an allowance optional claiming race on August 16.

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5:39 p.m.—$1,000,000 Grade 1 Woodbine Mile at Woodbine on TVG and NBCSN

Starship Jubilee, Canada's reigning Horse of the Year, will take on seven rivals, including 2-1 morning line favorite War of Will and undefeated 3-year-old Shirl's Speight, in Saturday's 24th running of the Woodbine Mile. Starship Jubilee will make her 38th career start in the fall turf classic for owner Blue Heaven Farm and trainer Kevin Attard. The bay mare won her first four starts this year before finishing fourth in her most recent engagement, the Grade 1 Diana at Saratoga on August 23. Last year, War of Will took the Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes and Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds before his Preakness Stakes victory in mid-May. The son of War Front heads into Saturday's engagement off a nose win in the Grade 1 Maker's Mark Mile over the Keeneland turf on July 10.

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Sunday September 20

4:29 p.m.—$250,000 Grade 1 Summer Stakes at Woodbine on TVG and NBCSN

Seven first-year stars take their talents to the E.P. Taylor Turf Course in Sunday's Summer Stakes. Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse will send out a pair of hopefuls in Dolder Grand and Gretzky the Great. After a runner-up effort in his first career start on July 12, Gretzky the Great could net a natural hat trick of his own with a win on Saturday. He broke his maiden via a 4 ¼-length victory on August 2 and followed it up with a gutsy neck score in the Soaring Free Stakes, traveling 6 ½ panels on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course on August 23.

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4:41 p.m.—$150,000 Grade 3 Salvator Mile Stakes at Monmouth Park on TVG

A year after the Maryland-based trainer shipped in with Divisidero to win the Grade 3 Red Bank Stakes, Kelly Rubley will look for history to repeat when she sends out Laurel track record holder Top Line Growth in Sunday's Salvator Mile, the feature on Monmouth Park's 14-race card that day. After making his 4-year-old debut in impressive fashion with a 5½-length romp at Laurel on Aug. 14 – a race in which he threatened his own track record for a mile – Top Line Growth will face seven challengers in the Salvator Mile his quest for his first graded stakes score.

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5:35 p.m.—$250,000 Grade 1 Natalma Stakes at Woodbine on TVG and NBCSN

Trainer Roger Attfield and owner/breeder Charles Fipke will be hoping to land a Grade 1 prize with Lady Speightspeare, who will be making just her second lifetime start but looms as the horse to beat in the $250,000 Natalma Stakes, a one-mile turf race which attracted seven two-year-old fillies. Attfield was not surprised when Lady Speightspeare was in the spotlight in her debut, scoring by 3 ¾ lengths over seven furlongs on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course. Last Sunday, Lady Speightspeare turned heads with a five-furlong breeze in :58.60 on the training track turf course.

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Weekend Lineup: Queen’s Plate, Kentucky Downs

Last week's 146th Kentucky Derby marked the second leg of the 2020 American Triple Crown and this weekend sees the Canadian Triple Crown get underway with the 161st Queen's Plate at Woodbine. The spotlight doesn't solely rest north of the border as the boutique Kentucky Downs meet hosts its marquee day of stakes on September 12. Each stakes on the Kentucky Downs program on Saturday is worth at least $500,000, with the four Grade 3 stakes highlighted by the $1 million Calumet Farm Kentucky Turf Cup at 1 1/2 miles.

TVG is the go-to network for live broadcasts of both Woodbine and Kentucky Downs racing, providing comprehensive coverage along with live racing from other tracks.

Fans of international racing can also tune in to TVG on Saturday and Sunday to morning to catch five Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In” races. On Saturday, Leopardstown will host three – the Irish Champion Stakes (Breeders' Cup Turf) , the Coolmore America “Justify” Matron Stakes (Filly & Mare Turf) and the KPMG Champions Juvenile Stakes (Juvenile Turf). The action will switch to the Curragh on Sunday for the Moyglare Stud Stakes (Juvenile Fillies Turf) and the Derrinstown Stud Flying Five Stakes (Turf Sprint).

Saturday September 12

4:27 p.m.—$500,000 Grade 3 Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf Stakes at Kentucky Downs on TVG

Trainer Chad Brown, the future Hall of Famer who is a presence at this meet for the first time, has 9-5 favorite Regal Glory in the Ladies Turf Stakes for fillies and mares. Regal Glory is a multiple graded-stakes winner, taking last year's Grade 2 Lake Placid and Grade 3 Lake George at Saratoga, along with two other stakes at age 3. In two starts this year she was second to her talented stablemate Newspaperofrecord in Belmont's Grade 3 Intercontinental and fourth to her in the Grade 1 Just a Game. Brown also entered 5-1 Tapit Today, who finished most recently was a good fourth in Monmouth Park's Grade 3 Matchmaker.

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4:51 p.m.—$250,000 Grade 2 Canadian Stakes at Woodbine on TVG

Art of Almost and Elizabeth Way, both trained by Roger Attfield, will take on eight rivals, including multiple Grade 1 winner Cambier Parc, in Saturday's $250,000 Canadian Stakes. Cambier Parc, who last raced nearly a year ago, has won three of her past four starts – including back-to-back Grade 1 triumphs – for OXO Equine and trainer Chad Brown. The four-year-old daughter of Medaglia d'Oro took the Del Mar Oaks last August and followed it up with a victory in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup in October.

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4:59 p.m.—$500,000 Grade 3 Kentucky Downs Ladies Sprint Stakes at Kentucky Downs on TVG

The Ladies Sprint provides a scintillating showdown among Grade 1 winner Got Stormy, the 2-1 favorite in the overflow field of 15, and Kimari. The Mark Casse-trained Got Stormy has consistently been tough competing against males in Grade 1 races, including winning last year's Fourstardave at Saratoga and finishing second in her title defense this year, along with a second in last year's Breeders' Cup Mile. Now she'll sprint for the first time in her glorious career that has seen her earn $1.6 million to date. Kimari, trained by Wesley Ward, has only been beaten once in the United States, and that was when fourth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Santa Anita.

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5:32 p.m.—$500,000 Kentucky Downs Juvenile Turf Sprint Stakes at Kentucky Downs on TVG

Trainer Wesley Ward has the two morning-line favorites in the Juvenile Turf Sprint in debut winner Outadore (2-1) and Fauci (5-2), who won a Keeneland maiden race on turf and was second in Saratoga's Skidmore on grass. Another interesting horse is 9-2 third choice County Final, who won his debut on grass at Churchill Downs then was second in the Grade 3 Bashford Manor on dirt. Transferred to Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, County Final romped in Monmouth Park's off-the-turf Tyro Stakes.

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5:41 p.m.—$1,000,000 Queen's Plate at Woodbine on TVG

Plate Trial champ Clayton and multiple stakes-winning filly Curlin's Voyage will take on 12 other Queen's Plate hopefuls in the $1 million classic set for 1 ¼ miles. The 161st edition of the Queen's Plate, North America's oldest continually run race, is the first leg of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown, a tri-surface series for Canadian-bred three-year-olds. A son of Bodemeister, Clayton has three wins and one second from four starts for owners Donato Lanni and Daniel Plouffe. Trained by Kevin Attard, who also sends out the filly Merveilleux, the bay colt arrives at the Plate in sharp form, having won two straight, including the Plate Trial on August 15.

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6:04 p.m.—$1,000,000 Grade 3 Calumet Farm Kentucky Cup Turf Stakes at Kentucky Downs on TVG

The Kentucky Turf Cup is headed by Michael Hui's 2019 winner Zulu Alpha and Donegal Racing's 2018 winner Arklow. Both became Grade 1 winners after their 1-2 finish a year ago at Kentucky Downs, with Arklow winning Belmont Park's Joe Hirsch Turf Classic in his next start and Zulu Alpha taking Gulfstream Park's $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf in January. Zulu Alpha, fourth in last year's Breeders' Cup Turf, has made a claim as being America's best distance turf horse after winning the Pegasus World Cup Turf and tacking on Grade 2 victories in Gulfstream Park's Mac Diarmida and Keeneland's Elkhorn. Arklow is trying to regain his 2019 form, and trainer Brad Cox has been pleased how the 6-year-old horse has responded in training to the addition of blinkers.

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6:36 p.m.—$700,000 Grade 3 Runhappy Turf Sprint Stakes at Kentucky Downs on TVG

Totally Boss, winner of this race in 2019, looms the favorite in an overflow field for the Turf Sprint Stakes, whose winner will receive a fees-paid spot in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint as part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series' “Win and You're In” program. Totally Boss has raced only twice this year, most recently rallying strongly only to lose Keeneland's Grade 2 Shakertown by a head to his Rusty Arnold-trained stablemate Leinster. Totally Boss could join Hold the Salt (2008-2009) as the only repeat winner of the stakes.

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Weekend Lineup: Kentucky Derby Has Finally Arrived

Having been postponed from their usual May dates due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 146th edition of the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks finally take place beneath the Twin Spires at Churchill Downs. The Derby and Oaks anchor eight hours of live broadcasts from NBC Sports on September 4 and 5. On Friday, NBCSN will show the Kentucky Oaks and other stakes races from Churchill Downs on a three-hour show from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET.

On Saturday, NBC will air five hours of coverage from Churchill Downs including six other stakes races and culminating with the 146th run for the roses. The broadcast runs from 2:30-7:30 p.m. ET.

Saratoga's final weekend of racing will be broadcast on Fox Sports' “Saratoga Live,” and as a bonus for racing fans, the NYRA-produced show will also show live races from Churchill during Kentucky Derby week that are not telecast on NBC or NBCSN. Highlights of the week include the 67th running of the Woodward Stakes for older horses on September 5.

Del Mar also winds down its summer meet this weekend, ending on Labor Day. All Del Mar races will be shown on TVG as part of their comprehensive on-site coverage.

Fans of international racing can tune in to TVG on Saturday morning as international superstar Enable (GB) competes in the September Stakes at Kempton in preparation for her fourth appearance in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in October. She won the Arc in 2017 and 2018 and was second last year. Post time for the September Stakes is approximately 9:35 a.m. ET/6:35 a.m. PT.

Friday September 4

3:05 p.m.—$300,000 Grade 2 Eight Belles Stakes at Churchill Downs on NBCSN

Whitham Thoroughbreds' homebred Four Graces, riding a three-race win streak, headlines the field for the Eight Belles. Trained by Ian Wilkes, Four Graces has won four of five career starts and has posted Grade 3 wins in her past two starts in the Beaumont at Keeneland and the Dogwood at Churchill Downs.

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3:40 p.m.—$300,000 Grade 2 Edgewood Stakes at Churchill Downs on NBCSN

Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Gainesway Stables' Sharing, winner of the 2019 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf last fall and the Tepin at Churchill Downs in her 2020 debut, tops a field of eight for the Edgewood. Trained by Graham Motion, Sharing will be making her first start since finishing second in the Group 1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot. Manny Franco has the mount Friday and will break from post position three.

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4:15 p.m.—$400,000 Grade 2 Alysheba Stakes at Churchill Downs on NBCSN

Karl Watson, Mike Pegram and Paul Weitman's McKinzie will attempt to become the first repeat winner of the Alysheba when he takes on seven rivals. Trained by Bob Baffert, McKinzie romped to a 4 ¾-length victory in last year's Alysheba. Fifth in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap going a mile in his most recent start, McKinzie will be ridden Friday by Mike Smith and break from post position two. Looming as the top challenger to McKinzie is Allied Racing Stable's By My Standards. Runner-up in the Grade 1 Whitney in his most recent start and a winner of three of five starts in 2020, By My Standards is trained by Bret Calhoun.

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4:50 p.m.—$500,000 Grade 1 La Troienne Stakes at Churchill Downs on NBCSN

Monomoy Girl, the champion 3-year-old filly of 2018, headlines of a field of eight for Friday's 35th running of the La Troienne. Trained by Brad Cox, Monomoy Girl has won five Grade 1 races in her career that has produced more than $3 million in earnings. Two of her biggest victories came at Churchill Downs where she won the 2018 Kentucky Oaks and the 2018 Breeders' Cup Distaff. Winner of the Grade 2 Ruffian in her most recent start, Monomoy Girl will be ridden in the La Troienne by Florent Geroux and break from post position eight. Among the competition lined up to face Monomoy Girl is defending champion She's a Julie and Vexatious, who upset Midnight Bisou in Saratoga's Grade 1 Personal Ensign on August 1.

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5:45 p.m.—$1,250,000 Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on NBCSN

Michael Lund Petersen's brilliant two-time Grade 1 winner Gamine and Peter Callahan's Swiss Skydiver, winner of the Grade 1 Alabama in her most recent start, headline a field of nine 3-year-old fillies entered for the 146th running of the $1.25 million Kentucky Oaks. Gamine, the even-money morning line favorite, comes into the Oaks off blowout victories in the Grade 1 Acorn by 18 ¾ lengths going a mile and the Grade 1 Test going seven furlongs. Swiss Skydiver has won her past four starts against fillies with a runner-up finish in the Grade 2 Blue Grass Stakes the boys the lone blemish in the past six months.

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6:20 p.m.—$250,000 Grade 2 Turf Sprint Stakes at Churchill Downs on FS2

Diamond Oops, making his return to the grass for the first time since finishing second in last fall's Grade 1 Shadwell Turf Mile, and Grade 2 winner Bound for Nowhere head a deep field of 14 grass sprinters and one also-eligible in the Twin Spires Turf Sprint. Diamond Oops is a three-time graded stakes placed runner on dirt to go with his grass success. Trained by Patrick Biancone, Diamond Oops will be making his first start since June and be ridden by Florent Geroux out of post position one.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/CD090420USA13-EQB.html

Saturday September 5

1:26 p.m.—$200,000 Grade 2 Glens Falls Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on FS1

Trainer Tom Albertrani entered the improving pair of Beau Belle and Lovely Lucky in Saturday's Glens Falls, a 1 3/8-miles inner turf marathon for older fillies and mares. Mark T. Anderson's Beau Belle, a 5-year-old Giant's Causeway mare, is out of the graded-stakes winning Royal Solo mare Binya, who produced Dynaire – the dam of the popular Grade 1-winning Albertrani trainee Sadler's Joy. Beau Belle graduated in her 15th start last July over a yielding Saratoga turf in a maiden special weight and followed with an allowance score a month later again over yielding turf, both races at 1 3/16-miles.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/SAR090520USA4-EQB.html

2:40 p.m.—$150,000 Grade 3 Red Bank Stakes at Monmouth Park on TVG

Antonio Arriaga knows exactly what he's up against in Saturday's $150,000 Grade 3 Red Bank Stakes, a one-mile turf race. The horse that Arriaga will saddle, Share the Ride, was claimed two starts back for $16,000, has never gone two turns in his 14-race career and is trying the turf for just the second time. The first time was the 5-year-old gelding's last start, when he was fourth in the Get Serious Stakes at Monmouth Park going 5½ furlongs on August 23.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/MTH090520USA5-EQB.html

2:55 p.m.—$500,000 Grade 2 American Turf Stakes at Churchill Downs on NBC

Multiple stakes winners Field Pass and Smooth Like Strait top a field of eight entered for the American Turf. Three Diamonds Farm's Field Pass, a two-time Grade 3 winner, comes into Saturday's race off a seventh-place finish in the Saratoga Derby Invitational. Prior to that, he had won the Grade 3 Transylvania at Keeneland and the Audubon at Churchill Downs.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/CD090520USA8-EQB.html

3:35 p.m.—$500,000 Grade 2 Pat Day Mile Stakes at Churchill Downs on NBC

Echo Town, No Parole and Rushie head a field of nine for the Pat Day Mile. Trained by Steve Asmussen, Echo Town comes into Saturday's race off a 3 ¼-length victory in the Grade 1 Allen Jerkens at Saratoga on August 1. No Parole, winner of the Grade 1 Woody Stephens at Belmont before faltering as the favorite in the Allen Jerkens, is trained by Tom Amoss. Rushie, third in the Grade 2 Blue Grass Stakes, cuts back to a one-turn race for the first time since his debut last October at Santa Anita.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/CD090520USA9-EQB.html

4:07 p.m.—$200,000 Grade 3 Iroquois Stakes at Churchill Downs on NBC

The Road to the 2021 Kentucky Derby will begin Saturday afternoon when 10 2-year-olds go to the post for the Iroquois. The Iroquois offers 17 points toward the 2021 Run for the Roses on a 10-4-2-1 scale to the top four finishers. Topping the entries is Stephen Fidel's Therideofalifetime, runner-up in the Grade 2 Saratoga Special in his most recent start. Trained by Ignacio Correas IV, Therideofalifetime will be ridden by Florent Geroux and break from post position 10.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/CD090520USA10-EQB.html

4:21 p.m.—$150,000 Grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on FS1

Dr Post, the runner-up in the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes in June, will make his Saratoga Race Course debut as one of two talented entrants for trainer Todd Pletcher in the Jim Dandy for sophomores going nine furlongs. St. Elias Stable's Dr Post hasn't finished off the board in four starts this year. After running fourth in his lone start as a juvenile, the Quality Road colt won his first two races of 2020, breaking his maiden in March going seven furlongs at Gulfstream Park before stepping up to stakes company at the same track, winning the 1 1/16-mile Unbridled in April.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/SAR090520USA9-EQB.html

4:39 p.m.—$500,000 Grade 2 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes at Churchill Downs on NBC

Klaravich Stables' Newspaperofrecord (IRE), winner of the 2018 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Churchill Downs, heads a field of eight fillies and mares for the Churchill Distaff Turf Mile. Trained by Chad Brown, Newspaperofrecord returned to the races in June following an 11-month layoff to win the Grade 3 Intercontinental and followed that effort up with a front-running score in the Grade 1 Just A Game.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/CD090520USA11-EQB.html

4:57 p.m.—$200,000 Grade 2 Prioress Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on FS1

Reagan's Edge will look to turn the tables on Frank's Rockette in Saturday's Prioress, a six-furlong sprint for sophomore fillies. Previously campaigned by David Ingordo, husband of trainer Cherie DeVaux, Reagan's Edge was purchased privately by Lael Stables following a last-out second in the Grade 3 Victory's Ride held July 4 at Belmont Park.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/SAR090520USA10-EQB.html

5:08 p.m.—$125,000 Grade 3 Vigil Stakes at Woodbine on TVG

Multiple graded stakes winner and 2017 Canadian Horse of the Year Pink Lloyd faces eight rivals in the $125,000 Vigil Stakes. Sovereign Award winner and 22-time stakes champion Pink Lloyd chases another stakes crown in a race he has owned the past three years. Trained by Robert Tiller for Entourage Stable, the 8-year-old gelded son of Old Forester goes after his fourth consecutive Vigil score.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/WO090520CAN9-EQB.html

5:17 p.m.—$500,000 Grade 1 Derby City Distaff Stakes at Churchill Downs on NBC

Joel Politi's Serengeti Empress, the 2019 Kentucky Oaks winner who is coming off a victory in the Grade 2 Ballerina Stakes at Saratoga, heads a field of 10 fillies and mares in the Derby City Distaff. Trained by Tom Amoss, Serengeti Empress has won two of three starts at the seven-furlong distance with her lone loss coming to champion Covfefe in last year's Grade 1 Test Stakes.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/CD090520USA12-EQB.html

5:30 p.m.—$500,000 Grade 1 Woodward Handicap at Saratoga Race Course on FS1

Juddmonte Farms' three-time graded stakes winner Tacitus has been Grade 1-placed on four occasions, and will seek his first triumph at such level when he faces a field of five competitors in Saturday's 67th running of the Woodward going 1 ¼ miles. The 4-year-old gray or roan son of prolific sire Tapit out of champion Close Hatches was a runaway winner of the Grade 2 Suburban going the 1 ¼-mile distance on July 4 at Belmont Park. With Hall of Famer John Velazquez up, he tracked a leisurely pace, took command at the quarter pole and drew off by 8 ¾ lengths in a final time of 1:59.40. This was his first start since finishing fourth in the Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap on May 2 and marked his first victory since taking the Grade 2 Wood Memorial presented by NYRA Bets in April 2019 at Aqueduct.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/SAR090520USA11-EQB.html

5:50 p.m.—$1,000,000 Grade 1 Turf Classic Stakes at Churchill Downs on NBC

A field of 10 top older grass runners will go to post in the 34th running of the Turf Classic, one of six graded stakes that will precede the 146th running of the Kentucky Derby. Factor This, riding a four-race win streak, and Somelikeithotbrown, winner of the Grade 2 Bernard Baruch at Saratoga in his most recent start, will be the starting top weights with 124 pounds in the Turf Classic. Trained by Brad Cox, Factor This counts the Grade 2 Wise Dan at Churchill Downs among his scores in his win streak.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/CD090520USA13-EQB.html

7:01 p.m.—$3,000,000 Grade 1 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on NBC

Sackatoga Stable's Tiz the Law, dominating winner of the Grade 1 Travers and Belmont Stakes, has been installed as the 3-5 morning line favorite in a field of 18 horses entered for Saturday's 146th running of the $3 million Kentucky Derby. Tiz the Law is the lowest-priced morning line favorite since 1989 when the entry of Easy Goer and Awe Inspiring was 3-5. Trained by Barclay Tagg, Tiz the Law has won six of seven starts with the lone blemish coming at Churchill Downs in last November's Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club in which he finished third over a sloppy track. The New York-bred son of Constitution is four-for-four in 2020.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/CD090520USA14-EQB.html

9:05 p.m.—$150,000 Grade 2 John C. Mabee Stakes at Del Mar on TVG

The 63rd edition of the John C. Mabee Stakes at Del Mar has drawn a field of eight older fillies and mares headed by a pair of on-the-rise 4-year-olds in Raymundos Secret and Lady Prancealot. Raymundos Secret comes into the mile and one-eighth Mabee off a photo-finish tally in a one-mile allowance race at Del Mar on August 14. Lady Prancealot, who does her running out of the barn of trainer Richard Baltas, comes into the Mabee off a series of stakes tries against some of the better grass fillies and mares on the west coast.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/DMR090520USA10-EQB.html

Sunday September 6

5:11 p.m.—$250,000 Grade 1 Spinaway Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on FS1

A field of six juvenile fillies will seek Grade 1 black type in Sunday's 129th running of the Spinaway going seven furlongs over the main track. Trainer Tim Hamm shipped Dayoutoftheoffice for a victory in the Grade 3 Schuylerville on opening day at the Spa and will invade for another stakes engagement for juvenile fillies with Esplanande, who is unbeaten in three starts all against Ohio-breds. Owned and bred by Hamm's Blazing Meadows Farm and WinStar Farm, the dark bay daughter of Daredevil won her debut by 6 ¼ lengths at Belterra Park in Cincinnati, Ohio before defeating Buckeye State native colts in the Hoover on July 3 at Belterra and the Cleveland Kindergarten on August 8 at Thistledown.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/SAR090620USA9-EQB.html

5:45 p.m.—$150,000 Grade 2 Honorable Miss Handicap at Saratoga Race Course on FS1

Four-time graded stakes winner Come Dancing will look to win a race at historic Saratoga Race Course for a third consecutive year, returning to the site of her lone Grade 1 win when she competes in the six-furlong Honorable Miss for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up going six furlongs. Blue Devil Racing Stable's Come Dancing won all of her graded stakes races across all three NYRA-operated tracks during a stellar 5-year-old campaign in 2019, with none of the victories by less than 3 1/4 lengths. The Malibu Moon mare started that stretch with a 7 ¾-length win in the Grade 3 Distaff last April at Aqueduct Racetrack before a 6 ¾-length romp in the Grade 2 Ruffian in May at Belmont. Staying on form, Come Dancing won the Grade 1 Ballerina going seven furlongs last August and registered another win in the Grade 2 Gallant Bloom back at Belmont last September.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/SAR090620USA10-EQB.html

8 p.m.—$250,000 Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante Stakes at Del Mar on TVG

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert sends out a pair of entries in the six-horse field for the Del Mar Debutante. Princess Noor broke her maiden at Del Mar on August 22 while Illumination ran second in her debut on August 15.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/DMR090620USA9-EQB.html

8:30 p.m.—$200,000 Grade 2 Del Mar Derby at Del Mar on TVG

A field of 12 was entered for the Del Mar Derby, which will be contested over 1 1/8-miles on the turf, including the filly California Kook who ran second last time out in the Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks on August 22.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/DMR090620USA10-EQB.html

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