This year’s Haskell Invitational is shaping up to be a thriller: Maximum Security (who was famously DQ’d from winning this year’s Kentucky Derby) will likely face Preakness Stakes runner-up Everfast, King for a Day (who recently beat Maximum Security in the Pegasus Stakes), Affirmed Stakes winner Mucho Gusto, and others. The Haskell going to be a nail-biter from start to finish.

The Haskell will be crucial in determining the leaders in the 3-year-old division going forward and is also a Challenge Series “Win and You’re In” Presented by America's Best Racing qualifying race for the Nov. 2 Breeders’ Cup Classic, offering a fees-paid automatic berth to the winner.

Gary and Mary West’s 2018 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Game Winner rose to No. 8 in the latest Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings following his commanding five-length victory in Saturday’s Los Alamitos Derby (G3).

The Breeders’ Cup today announced the election results to its Board of Directors by the 44 Breeders’ Cup Members. Antony Beck, Gainesway Farm; Alan Cooper, Niarchos Family/Flaxman Holdings Ltd., and Bret Jones, Airdrie Stud were each elected to serve a four-year term. Mr. Beck and Mr. Jones were re-elected as Directors.

Centennial Farms’ 6-year-old Preservationist (247 votes) , runaway winner of Saturday’s Suburban Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park, has jumped to No. 3 in the latest Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings poll, while Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman’s 4-year-old McKinzie (247 votes) retains the No. 1 position, followed by Godolphin’s 5-year-old two-time Dubai World Cup (G1) winner Thunder Snow (212 votes) in second place.

Owners of horses of racing age currently not nominated to the Breeders’ Cup program can nominate their runners at discounted rates on or before Monday, July 15 for competition in this year’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships, Nov.1-2 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.