Cody’s Wish, the best dirt horse in training, leads the field. Though the early August handicap division feature drew a field of just six, some of the best horses in training are in the running, befitting its status as a major race in the older dirt division. Whitney owned horses who won this race in the days when it was known as the Whitney Handicap. Whitney-owned horses have won many of the biggest races of the American turf, and both Harry Payne Whitney and C. The race takes its name from the Whitney family, scions of horse racing in New York. A bid to the Breeders’ Cup Classic is at stake Saturday at Saratoga Race Course in the $1 million Whitney Stakes, a 1 ⅛-mile race for older horses.
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