Breeders Cup

Defending champion Miss Temple City is back to take on the males in the $1 million (G1) Shadwell Turf Mile at Keeneland Race Course on Saturday. The race has drawn a full field of 14 runners, including some intriguing longshots, and the winner earns a spot in the 2017 Breeders' Cup Mile.

Qualifying for the 2017 Breeders' Cup World Championships continues this weekend with a slew of races offering the winner automatic entry into the Breeders' Cup. Among those are the $400,000 (G1) Darley Alcibiades Stakes from Keeneland, with a berth into the BC Juvenile Fillies on the line.

Named for the 1998 Breeders' Cup Classic champion, the (G1) Awesome Again Stakes on Saturday from Santa Anita Race Track offers the winner an automatic berth in the 2017 BC Classic. Run over 1 1/8 miles on the dirt course, the Awesome Again has drawn eight starters, chasing a $300,000 total purse.

A flat-out six-furlong sprint, the $350,000 (G1) Vosburgh Invitational is the first of two Grade 1 races at Belmont Park in New York on Saturday. In addition to the purse money up for grabs, the winner of the Vosburgh gains automatic entry into the Breeders' Cup World Championships Sprint on November 4.

It's a big weekend for horses trying to qualify for the Breeders' Cup, with 13 races in the US, England and France offering a Breeders' Cup race spot to the winner. One of those races is the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic from Belmont Park in New York, run over 1 1/2 miles for a purse of $500,000.

In what's shaping up to be an excellent day of racing at Arlington International, a field of 10 have drawn into the (G1) Beverly D. Stakes on Saturday. For fillies and mares aged three and older, they'll race 1 3/16th miles on the turf course, chasing a total purse of $600,000, with the winner gaining an automatic entry into the 2017 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf in November.