The entire complexion of Sunday’s $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) changed in the opening strides at Saratoga,

Fresh off a victory in the Whitney (G1) at Saratoga, champion Sierra Leone bids for a Breeders’ Cup Challenge double in Sunday’s Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1).

Sierra Leone and Fierceness will have a fifth meeting in their rivalry, but their first this year, in the $1 million Whitney (G1) at Saratoga.

As the racing season begins its second half next week, owner Mike Repole and trainer Todd Pletcher hold pocket aces in the older male dirt division.

After the concurrent losses by Fierceness and White Abarrio in the Metropolitan H. (G1) earlier this month, the leadership of the older male dirt division appears wide open.

Mindframe capped a stellar Derby weekend for Mike Repole and Todd Pletcher's older runners with a wide, winning stretch bid in the $935,000 Churchill Downs (G1) on Saturday.

Seven stakes, six of them graded, comprised the undercard of Fountain of Youth (G2) and Davona Dale (G2) day at Gulfstream Park.

***Updated after the draw with post positions and morning line odds