From Kelso to Onion, Awesome Again and Victory Gallop and Personal Ensign and Blame, the Whitney is a world-famous race.
Races
Casse trio, Stronach pair and two from Kevin Attard make up the majority of this year's prospective King's Plate field.
Seven-year-old Queen's Plate and Prince of Wales winner has been in training since March with Kentucky-based horseman Jonathan Thomas.
The chestnut gelding won his second graded stakes race of the season, the Seagram Cup (G2), posting a career-best 95 Beyer.
The 2023 Champion Sprinter romps and his sire Reload has an impressive juvenile winner in a race where his sons finished first through fourth.
The growing Jackpot Pick 5 will roll over to a mandatory payout on the Aug. 5 Derby card, which will also feature a $100,000 guar. Pick 4 pool.
Patches O'Houlihan, the 2023 Champion Sprinter, returns to action in the Pink Lloyd stakes, named after his famous stablemate.
'Huge and imposing' Godolphin star goes after the prestigious King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.
Fancy turf fillies compete in the Colleen, while the 107th Seagram Cup has a rematch between Palazzi and Paramount Prince.
Woodbine's champion jockey will ride Midnight Mascot in the 165th King's Plate, one of about eight solid contenders for the race.
Classy veteran Cruden Bay earns top marks in the Grade 2 Connaught Cup, while Solo Album is a hit in the Grade 3 Trillium Stakes.
Owner Jordan Froelich, who has purchased plenty of horses to bring to Hastings to race, had a big day on July 20.
The Florida-bred ridgling trained by Mark Casse took the race for two-year-olds on Friday afternoon at Woodbine.
Plus news on the new claiming rule, weekend wagering and the current contenders for the August 17 King's Plate.
Chiefswood Stable homebred was winning for the second time in five races in one of the most wide-open Oaks in years.
