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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — With the number of stalls available in the starting gate for the Breeders’ Cup Classic down to a handful, a diverse group of remaining hopefuls will be looking to post wins in three divisional races this Saturday: the Awesome Again Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita, the Lukas Classic (G2) at Churchill Downs and the Woodward (G2) at Aqueduct. All three races have attracted good-sized fields. Following is a brief look at three of the top contenders in each. The Awesome Again offers the strongest field of the three. Defunded, last year’s gate-to-wire winner of the race, [&...

DEFUNDED RATES TOP BILLING IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $300,000 AWESOME AGAIN AS FIELD OF NINE GO 1 1/8 MILES IN PREP FOR BC CLASSIC

Arabian Knight, trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Flavien Prat, won Saturday's FanDuel Racing Pacific Classic Stakes at Del Mar.

Arabian Knight held off Geaux Rocket Ride by a neck to win the $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar. It's the record seventh victory in the West Coast's major summer race for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. The win earns Arabian Knight an automatic entry into the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic, to be run at his home track of Santa Anita in November. Arabian Knight paid $6.20 to win. The result was a reversal of the $1 million Haskell in July at Monmouth Park. That's where Geaux Rocket Ride won and Arabian Knight was second. In the Pacifc Classic, Slow Down Andy was third.

Saturday’s 11-race program at Del Mar is as good as it gets for the racing fan, with full fields top to bottom and concluding with five graded stakes.