Big-time showdown looms among older horses in Saratoga's Whitney Stakes - UPI.com

1 of 2 | Sovereignty, shown during a morning workout at Churchill Downs in April, runs in Saturday's Grade I Whitney at Saratoga. File Photo by John Sommers II/UPI | License Photo

Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty and Dubai World Cup winner Magnitude face off Saturday at Saratoga in a race that includes the 2025 champion 3-year-old filly and 2023 Breeders' Cup Classic champ White Abarrio.

And that's just the cherry atop the sundae of another great summer weekend of racing.

On the global front: Group 1 racing in Ireland, France and Germany.

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