2023 stakes schedule

The $1,000,000 GI FanDuel Racing Pacific Classic tops 39 stakes over 31 days, a record-tying stakes schedule worth $8,275,000 for Del Mar's 84th season, beginning Friday, July 21. The Pacific Classic Day card, set for Sept. 2, will feature five graded stakes, including the GII Del Mar H. and GII Del Mar Mile. Del Mar has slated six Grade I races over the course of an eight-week summer stand, as well as six Breeders' Cup "Win & You're In" tests that each guarantee a spot in the starting gate for...

Headed by the $1-million GI Haskell S., Monmouth Park is set to offer $7,735,000 in stakes races when the track kicks off its 78th season Saturday, May 13. This season, which runs through Sept. 10, will feature 48 total stakes, including 10 graded events, and nine stakes restricted to New Jersey-bred horses. A pair of stakes will see purse boosts in 2023, the GIII Molly Pitcher S., which increases from $400,000 to $500,000 and the GIII WinStar Matchmaker S., moving from $200,000 to $300,000. Both races are part of July...