The Summer Festival of Racing at Del Mar reaches its pinnacle with one of the most celebrated dirt handicaps on the international racing calendar: the $1 million Pacific Classic Stakes. Contested over the classic distance of 1 1/4 miles (10 furlongs), this Grade 1 event awards the winner an automati...
Unlocking the 2026 Alabama Stakes at Saratoga Race Course Saratoga Race Course hosts one of the most prestigious events for three-year-old fillies in American thoroughbred racing every summer. The Grade 1 Alabama Stakes tests elite sophomore fillies over the demanding distance of a mile and a quarte...
The summer racing season at Del Mar reaches its pinnacle this weekend with the running of the Grade 1, $1,000,000 Pacific Classic Stakes. Thoroughbred racing enthusiasts and handicappers across the globe turn their eyes toward Southern California as world-class dirt horses battle over 1 1/4 miles. T...
How to Watch the 2026 Alabama Stakes Saratoga Race Course hosts one of the most prestigious events on the summer horse racing calendar as three-year-old fillies test their endurance across ten grueling furlongs in the Grade 1 Alabama Stakes. Horse racing enthusiasts across North America and around t...
When English trainer Stuart Williams says it’s an “ambitious plan” to bring his filly Sunlit Uplands to America for Saturday’s $300,000 Ballston Spa Stakes (G2) at Saratoga, he isn’t kidding. The 4-year-old Ireland-bred is a 10-1 longshot in a field of eight in a race dominated by eight-ti...
Irad Ortiz, Jr., who has more victories than any other jockey over the past decade, is “off until further notice’’ his agent said Friday (Aug. 21), the day before he was scheduled to ride 1-2 favorite Counting Stars in the $600,000 Alabama Stakes (G1). Ortiz has been off since Aug. 8, when he ...
The $200,000 Green Flash Handicap (G2) is a Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win, and You’re In” race for the Turf Sprint. The 5-furlong dash, held over the Jimmy Durante Turf Course, runs on the undercard of the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1) and was upgraded from Grade 3, with the purse increased...
The $300,000 Del Mar Mile (G2), a turf test for 3-year-olds, is the fourth and final graded stakes race on Pacific Classic Day at Del Mar on Saturday. A large field of 12 is entered for the race that closes out the 11-race card and is preceded by the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1). Del […]...
The $300,000 Del Mar Oaks (G1) is a longstanding highlight of the Del Mar summer meet and a key prep on the path toward the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1), though not a “Win and You’re In’’ event. The 1 1/8-mile turf test is restricted to 3-year-old fillies. Del Mar Oaks History ...
The $1 million Pacific Classic (G1) on Saturday is set to feature one of the largest fields in the history of the showcase event of the Del Mar summer season. The 11-horse field of 3-year-olds and up may not have a superstar among them, but that will only make for a more competitive race and [&helli...
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