Every week a panel of media members, horseplayers, and Breeders’ Cup World Championships officers launch a ballot tabulating their votes rating the prime contenders for the 2024 Longines Breeders’ Cup Traditional. The outcomes are a weekly score of the highest 10 horses in competition and are decided by every voter rating their prime 10 horses with factors assigned on a descending 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 foundation.
Week Three of the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Traditional rankings is led by prime 3-year-old Dornoch, the winner of the Belmont Stakes and NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes who’s scheduled to make his subsequent begin within the DraftKings Travers Stakes, Aug. 24 at Saratoga Race Course.
The rankings shall be up to date every week. The outcomes of the most recent ballot are beneath.
Breeders’ Cup Traditional Rankings for Aug. 13, 2024
1. Dornoch (15 first-place votes)
House owners: West Paces Racing, R. A. Hill Secure, Belmar Racing And Breeding, Two Eight Racing, and Pine Racing Stables
Coach: Danny Gargan
Jockey: Luis Saez
2024 file: 5 begins – 3 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds
Final race: 1st, NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes, July 20 at Monmouth Park
Subsequent race: DraftKings Travers Stakes, Aug. 24 at Saratoga Race Course
2. Arthur’s Trip (6 first-place votes)
Proprietor: Glassman Racing
Coach: Invoice Mott
Jockey: Junior Alvarado
2024 file: 4 begins – 3 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds
Final race: 1st, Whitney Stakes, Aug. 3 at Saratoga Race Course
Subsequent race: Jockey Membership Gold Cup, Sept. 1 at Saratoga Race Course
3. Fierceness
Proprietor: Repole Secure
Coach: Todd Pletcher
Jockey: John Velazquez
2024 file: 4 begins – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third
Final race: 1st, Jim Dandy Stakes offered by Mohegan Solar, July 27 at Saratoga Race Course
Subsequent race: DraftKings Travers Stakes, Aug. 24 at Saratoga Race Course
4. Perpetually Younger (2 first-place votes)
Proprietor: Susumo Fujita
Coach: Yoshito Yahagi
Jockey: Ryusei Sakai
2024 file: 3 begins – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third
Final race: 3rd, Kentucky Derby offered by Woodford Reserve, Could 4 at Churchill Downs
Subsequent race: TBD
5. Sierra Leone (1 first-place vote)
House owners: Peter Brant, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Westerberg, and Brooke Smith
Coach: Chad Brown
Jockey: Flavien Prat
2024 file: 5 begins – 2 wins – 2 seconds – 1 third
Final race: 2nd, Jim Dandy Stakes offered by Mohegan Solar, July 27 at Saratoga Race Course
Subsequent race: DraftKings Travers Stakes, Aug. 24 at Saratoga Race Course
6. Nationwide Treasure (1 first-place vote)
Coach: Bob Baffert
Jockey: Flavien Prat
2024 file: 4 begins – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds
Final race: 6th, Whitney Stakes, Aug. 3 at Saratoga Race Course
Subsequent race: TBD
7. Senor Buscador (3 first-place votes)
House owners: Sheikh Sharaf Mohammed Al Hariri and Joe Peacock Jr.
Coach: Todd Fincher
Jockey: Junior Alvarado
2024 file: 3 begins – 1 win – 1 second – 1 third
Final race: 3rd, Dubai World Cup sponsored by Emirates Airline, March 30 at Meydan Racecourse
Subsequent race: FanDuel Racing Pacific Traditional Stakes, Aug. 31 at Del Mar
8. Metropolis of Troy (3 first-place votes)
House owners: Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, and Derrick Smith
Coach: Aidan O’Brien
Jockey: Ryan Moore
2024 file: 3 begins – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds
Final race: 1st, Coral Eclipse Stakes, July 6 at Sandown Park
Subsequent race: Juddmonte Worldwide Stakes, Aug. 21 at York Racecourse
9. Kingsbarns (2 first-place votes)
House owners: Spendthrift Farm
Coach: Todd Pletcher
Jockey: Luis Saez
2024 file: 4 begins – 3 wins – 1 second – 0 thirds
Final race: 1st, Stephen Foster Stakes, June 29 at Churchill Downs
Subsequent race: Jockey Membership Gold Cup, Sept. 1 at Saratoga Race Course
10. Ushba Tesoro (1 first-place vote)
House owners: Ryotokuji Kenji Holdings Co. Ltd.
Coach: Noboru Takagi
Jockey: Yuga Kawada
2024 file: 2 begins – 0 wins – 2 seconds – 0 thirds
Final race: 2nd, Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline, March 30 at Meydan Racecourse
Subsequent race: TBD
