It may be August with summer temperatures in the Adirondack Mountains, but it was the Big A at Saratoga Race Course on Aug. 15 to Linda Rice, who duplicated her wintertime feat at the Big A by winning five races at Saratoga.
Francis Graffard added another group 1 success to his extensive CV when Classic winner Rayif roared back to form to down challengers from Britain, Ireland, and Japan in a cosmopolitan edition of the Aug. 16 Prix Jacques le Marois (G1)at Deauville.
G1 Racing's Diktaean, an 8-year-old gelding bred by Haruya Yoshida's Oiwake Farm, has accepted the invitation to the Korea Cup (G2) Sept. 6 at Seoul Racecourse.