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The $1 million, Grade 1 Whitney Stakes Saturday at Saratoga lives up to its historical billing in having a strong field of 12 entered, with the winner earning an automatic starting spot in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic this fall in addition to $550,000 in earnings.

The Grade 2, $200,000 Saratoga Special Stakes Saturday at Saratoga Race Course drew a field of nine 2-year-olds, all running the 6 ½-furlong distance for the first time.

The Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks is Del Mar's feature race on Saturday, Aug. 17, at Del Mar. (Eclipse Sportswire)

The field for the 2021 Pacific Classic Stakes enters the first turn. Eight contenders are slated to run in the 2024 edition of this marquee race on Saturday at Del Mar. (Eclipse Sportswire)

Get Smokin leads the field through the backstretch on Kentucky Downs’ turf course en route to an upset win in the 2023 Kentucky Cup Turf Stakes. (Eclipse Sportswire)

The Grade 1, $1 million Rogers Woodbine Mile offers the winning horse an automatic entry into the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile presented by PDJF on Nov. 2. This year’s Woodbine feature drew a field of eight.

Dragoon Guard won the Indiana Derby, above, and West Virginia Derby entering the Sept. 21 Pennsylvania Derby and is the morning-line favorite for the $1 million race at Parx Racing. (Coady Media)

Paulick Report Equibase Analysis: Waves Of Mischief A Live Longshot In QEII Challenge Cup Link Copied

Waves of Mischief (left) edged past Pin Up Betty in the final strides to win the Pucker Up Stakes by a head Aug. 4 at Ellis Park. The two 3-year-old fillies are entered in Saturday’s Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes at Keeneland. (Eclipse Sportswire)

The Grade 3 $100,000 Native Diver Stakes headlines the Del Mar Saturday race card. (Alex Evers/Eclipse Sportswire)