This weekend will be great week for summer horse racing fans! There are two $1M Graded 1 Stakes this weekend at Saratoga and Del Mar. Here the race details and post time, post position, and Morning Lines.

The Travers Stakes
$1M The Travers Stakes Post time, Post positions and race details at Saratoga
1 1/4 Mile, 11th Race (5:45)
A field of 12 was entered Aug. 20 for the $1 million Travers Presented by Shadwell Farm at Saratoga Aug. 23. That the morning-line favorite, Pyro, is 7-2 is demonstrative of the wide-open nature of the Travers. Belmont Stakes (gr.I) winner Da’ Tara is 8-1, which is reflective of his last-place finish in the Jim Dandy (gr.II).

The Steven Asmussen-trained Pyro ran second in the Jim Dandy at Saratoga July 27. The Travers field also includes Jim Dandy winner Macho Again, who is 6-1 in the morning-line. Online Travers Stakes odds are available at Bodog Racebook. For DRF’s Past Performances for the Travers Stakes, click here.

PP Horse           Jockey          Trainer             ML
1 Tale of Ekati    Prado E S       Tagg Barclay      20-1
2 Colonel John     Gomez G K       Harty Eoin         8-1
3 Da' Tara         Garcia Alan     Zito Nicholas P    8-1
4 Tizbig           Velasquez C     Jerkens H Allen   30-1
5 Macho Again      Leparoux J R    Stewart Dallas     6-1
6 Cool Coal Man    Velazquez J R   Zito Nicholas     15-1
7 Amped            Chavez J F      Zito Nicholas P   30-1
8 Harlem Rocker    Coa E M         Pletcher Todd A    4-1
9 Mambo in Seattle Albarado R J    Howard Neil J      5-1
10 Tres Borrachos  Baze T C        Greely C Beau     15-1
11 Pyro            Bridgmohan S X  Asmussen Steven    7-2
12 Court Vision    Desormeaux K J  Mott William I    12-1

The Pacific Classic
Mast Track and Well Armed have won the two most recent major stakes for older horses on the main track in California. Mast Track won the $750,000 Hollywood Gold Cup on June 28, and Well Armed won the $300,000 San Diego Handicap at Del Mar on July 19.

They will meet for the first time in Sunday’s $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar. The race distance of 1 1/4 miles, and their similar running styles, will pose a test.

$1M Pacific Classic Stakes Entries and race details at Del Mar, 10th Race at 6:30
1 1/4 Miles, Open for 3 Year Olds And Up Post
# Horse          Jockey          Weight
1      Awesome Gem    Baze T C          124
2      Mostacolli     Mort  Espinoza V  124
3      Zappa          Garcia Alan       124
4      Surf Cat       Flores D R        124
5      Barcola        Nakatani C S      124
6      Go Between     Gomez G K         124
7      Well Armed     Gryder A T        124
8      Mast Track     Bejarano R        124
9      Delosvientos     Rosario J       124
10     Student Council  Bridgmohan S X  124
11     McCann's Mojave  Garcia J A  124