With another year coming to an end, BloodHorse staff members were asked to reflect on what they had seen over the last 12 months and vote on the best races of 2024.
The Top 10 countdown started Dec. 20 with No. 10, the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1T), followed by No. 9, the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1T). And now, here’s No. 8: the Ogden Phipps Stakes (G1), June 8 at Saratoga Race Course.
How it played out
In Hollywood, sequels to hit movies usually fall flat in attempting to match the popularity of the original. For every “Godfather II” there are 50 bombs like “Godfather III.”
The same can sometimes be said of rematches on the racetrack.
But not with the Ogden Phipps Stakes.
In the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1), Idiomatic and Randomized turned in quite a show, with Idiomatic prevailing by a half-length over her 3-year-old rival.
Seven months later, they met again in the Ogden Phipps at Saratoga…
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