Spa stakes schedule includes two Breeders’ Cup-related changes | The Daily Gazette
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SARATOGA SPRINGS — The 2021 stakes schedule at Saratoga Race Course will look much like it did in 2019, with two notable exceptions.
The COVID-19 pandemic forcing a domino effect of changes last year, most significantly Churchill Downs’ decision to move the Kentucky Derby from the first Saturday in May to September, leading to some front-is-back, back-is-front shake-up in the 2020 Saratoga stakes calendar.
The Spa will return to its typical format in 2021, while the New York Racing Association has exchanged two Breeders’ Cup Win-And-You’re-In qualifying races traditionally run at Belmont Park for two races that have been run at Saratoga in recent years.