Road to the Breeders’ Cup: Sneak Peek at Pacific Classic and Other Holiday Weekend Races
SARATOGA — The upcoming Labor Day weekend is one of the most highly anticipated three-day stretches on the racing calendar, as Saratoga Race Course’s summer meet concludes, Del Mar in California reaches the second-to-last weekend of its popular summer meet, and the boutique all-turf meet at Kentucky Downs opens.
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It’s also a very important weekend for Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series “Win and You’re In” preps. Five races over the holiday weekend offer automatic berths to the 40th World Championships Nov. 3-4 at Santa Anita Park, two of them to the $6 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic: the $1 million FanDuel Racing Pacific Classic Stakes Sept. 2 at Del Mar and the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes on the same day at Saratoga.
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