Rare is a horse so talented and durable that they can win the same graded stakes four years in a row. It had never been done at Del Mar until Gold Phoenix joined the elusive four-peat club with his triumph in Saturday’s $300,000 Del Mar H. (G2) on Pacific Classic (G1) day at Del Mar.

Pacific Classic Day features two other Breeders’ Cup Challenge events, the Del Mar H. (G2) and Green Flash H. (G3), plus the Del Mar Mile (G2) and Torrey Pines (G3).

An upset appeared to be brewing in Saturday’s Joe Hernandez (G2) when the 12.90-1 Sumter kicked away from the 9-10 Motorious down the Santa Anita stretch.

Last seen missing by a neck in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1), Motorious looms as the class of the field in Saturday’s Joe Hernandez (G2) at Santa Anita.

A European longshot again dominated the shortest of Breeders' Cup races at Del Mar on Saturday when Starlust won a three-way photo by a nose in the $920,000 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1).

The Pacific Classic (G1) isn’t the only Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” at Del Mar on Saturday. Two of the four undercard stakes are also part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge program.

On Saturday at Churchill Downs, Cogburn reiterated his status as a grass dasher of distinction by winning the Twin Spires Turf Sprint (G2).

The Pacific Classic (G1) may have been the feature race on Saturday’s action-packed card at Del Mar, but the seaside oval hosted four other graded stakes for good measure.

Nobals is a horse who needs the lead to run his best race, and in Saturday's Twin Spires Turf Sprint (G2) he made all to spring a 38-1 upset.