Horse Racing

The focus of the racing world this Saturday is on Parx Racing in Pennsylvania, with a 12-race card that includes a pair of Grade 1 stakes. In the first, a solid field of three-year-old fillies are expected to break from the gate chasing a purse of $1 million in the (G1) Cotillion Stakes, to be run at 1 1/16 miles over the Parx dirt course.

It's just less than a month away from one of Europe's most prestigious races, the €5 million Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe from Chantilly Race Course in France. With a very strong favorite in the probable field, there are lots of high-priced future bet contenders in consideration for the 12-furlong turf race, set to be run on October 1.

All three winners of the Triple Crown series this past spring are expected to go to the gate Saturday at Saratoga Race Course for the 148th running of the Travers Stakes. The race is run over 1 1/4 miles on the Saratoga dirt, with a total purse of $1.25 million, and sets up as an excellent betting race, with a full field of 12 well-matched three-year-old colts.

With six of nine runners in single-digit odds in the morning line, it's a well-matched field of three-year-old fillies that will go to the gate on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course for the (G1) Alabama Stakes. Run at a distance of 1 1/4 miles on the dirt, the Alabama carries a total purse of $600,000.

In an excellent betting race, a wide-open field of 14 three-year-old fillies will go head-to-head this Saturday at Del Mar Race Track with the running of the (G1) Del Mar Oaks. They'll be running 1 1/8 miles on the Del Mar turf course, chasing a share of the $300,000 total purse.

Arrogate goes back to work this Saturday, as the top-earning colt in the world takes on seven others in the (G1) Pacific Classic from Del Mar Race Track, the same track where he suffered the worst defeat of his career just four weeks ago. The field will race 1 1/4 miles on the Del Mar dirt, chasing a total purse of $1 million and an automatic berth in the 2017 Breeders' Cup Classic gate.

With just over two months to go until the November 3rd and 4th running of the 2017 Breeders' Cup World Championships, it's time to take a look at some of the updated future bet odds available for the $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic, the final event on the two-day Breeders' Cup schedule of 13 races rom Del Mar Race Track in San Diego.

The highlight race of the Arlington International Race Track season takes place on Saturday with the running of the (G1) Arlington Million for horses aged three and older racing 1 1/4 miles on the Arlington turf course. The race has drawn a competitive international field that presents a number of excellent betting options. We preview the full field morning line odds and picks.

In what's shaping up to be an excellent day of racing at Arlington International, a field of 10 have drawn into the (G1) Beverly D. Stakes on Saturday. For fillies and mares aged three and older, they'll race 1 3/16th miles on the turf course, chasing a total purse of $600,000, with the winner gaining an automatic entry into the 2017 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf in November.