Today is a very good day for horseplayers. Saratoga opens its six week run and it doesn’t get any better than this.
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As you watch the pretty horses running at Del Mar and Saratoga, keep in mind that the fragility of the thoroughbred racehorse was never more evident than the bad news of this past week.
Del Mar is among a few tracks that fits the bill of a boutique meet. And the Southern California track is hoping to attract Triple Crown champ American Pharoah to race there. There is talk of a $5 million bonus for winning the Pacific Classic, Awesome Again and Breeders’ Cup Classic.
American Pharoah looks to have horse of the year locked up. But stakes races — including the Dwyer, Belmont Derby and Belmont Oaks back east and Los Alamitos Derby out west — could provide fireworks on Saturday.