The two Grade 1 races for two-year-olds have attracted horses from Europe and the US to tackle the locals for a chance at the Breeders' Cup.
Win and You're In
Woodbine has four stakes, three of them Grade 1s on the grass, on its Saturday card, September 16; highlight Ricoh Woodbine Mile.
Godolphin and trainer Charlie Appleby won the '22 Mile with Modern Games and could be back this year for the 27th edition.
Charles Fipke's Grade 1 winner, trained by Woodbine's Roger Attfield, would be the first international horse to compete in Japan Grade 1.
The forecast is hot and humid for Super Saturday at Woodbine on Sept. 17 with the Woodbine Mile headlining the action.
Saturday's litany of major stakes races throughout the world include the Grade 1 Pacific Classic at Del Mar with undefeated Flightline.
On British Champions Day, Baaeed rules and Sealiway upsets the Champion Stakes in two Win and You're In Races for the Breeders' Cup.
Ontario-bred Gretzky the Great and Kentucky-bred Lady Speightspeare are likely headed to the fanless Breeders' Cup at Keeneland in November.
Locals get a chance to win a ticket to the Breeders' Cup at Keeneland in November in the Summer and Natalma Stakes on the grass.
In an unusual year, the Haskell comes before the Kentucky Derby and a small field includes heavily-favoured Authentic, son of Into Mischief.
