Run at 1 1/8 miles, the Grade 1, $1.2 million Whitney Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., is a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
Two of the last seven Whitney winners have gone on to capture the Breeders’ Cup Classic – Fort Larned in 2012 and Blame in 2010. Others to bag the Whitney/Classic double are Invasor (2006) and Awesome Again (1998).