Tom Pedulla offers takeaways from a major weekend of racing centered around the inaugural running of the $1 million California Crown Stakes presented by SirDavis American Whisky Saturday at Santa Anita Park. The Crown, as part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series, awarded the winner a fees-paid berth in the $7 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic Nov. 2 at Del Mar. Pedulla also looks at three other races that carried automatic Breeders’ Cup berths, namely the City of Hope Mile Stakes Presented by MyRacehorse (FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile Presented by PDJF), Vosburgh Stakes (Breeders’ Cup Sprint) and the Pilgrim Stakes (Prevagen Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf). The Vosburgh and Pilgrim were contested at Belmont at the Big A.
THREE-HORSE THRILLER: If there is a way to bring out the best in a horse, count on Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella to find it. Five-year-old Subsanador appears to be hitting his best stride for his…
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