The top two dirt mares in the nation, Midnight Bisou and Elate, will clash in the Grade 1, $700,000 Personal Ensign Saturday, August 24 at Saratoga.
Improbable returns to horse racing and leads field of six in the $100,000 Shared Belief Stakes on Sunday, August 25 at Del Mar.
Winston C headlines the $150,000 New York Turf Writers Cup, a 2 3/8-mile Steeplechase event, on Thursday, August 22 at Saratoga Race Course.
Six graded stakes races for New York bred horses, $1.5 million in purses and 95 thoroughbreds on tap at Saratoga on Friday, August 23.
Contenders, analysis & odds for the the 29th running of the $1,000,000 Pacific Classic on Saturday, August 17 at Del Mar.
14 three-year-old fillies, including four highly-regarded invaders from the East Coast, will tangle in the Grade I $300,000 Del Mar Oaks at Del Mar on Saturday, August 17.
Point of Honor & Ulele in rematch in the 139th running of the Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama Stakes on Saturday, August 17 at Saratoga Race Course.
Jaywalk tops the field for the 95th running of the Grade 3, $150,000 Monmouth Oaks at Monmouth Park on Saturday, August 17.
Varenka headlines a talented field of eight sophomore fillies in Saturday's Grade 2, $200,000 Lake Placid Stakes, a 1 1/16-mile inner turf test at Saratoga Race Course.
Preview, analysis & odds for the fifth running of the $100,000 Skidmore Stakes on the turf at Saratoga on Friday, August 16.
