Highlighting the Calder Meet was the 13th edition of the Summit of Speed on July 7. Thoroughbred racing's fastest day saw Musical Romance, the 2011 Eclipse Award winning champion female sprinter made amends for a neck defeat in last year's running of the Grade 1 Princess Rooney Handicap when prevailing by a half-length in the 2012 renewal.

On that same day, Gantry earned a berth in this year's Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Sprint when a five-length winner of the Grade 2 Smile Sprint, part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In" Series, while Fort Loudon and Trinniberg staged a stirring stretch duel in the Grade 3 Carry Back, with the former getting up in the shadow of the wire to prevail by a neck.

The Calder Meet once again proved to be a playground for jockey Luis Saez as the young rider stormed to his third straight riding title, climbing atop the table in late April and never relinquishing that spot en route to a 127-win season. Saez also entered the Calder record books on August 11 when becoming just the ninth rider in the 41-year history of the track to win six races on a single card.

The race for leading trainer at the Calder Meet came down to the final day as Giuseppe Iadisernia bested Kirk Ziadie by a count of 29 victories to 28. Iadisernia went atop the training table on the second day of racing and retained that position throughout the remainder of the meet with the exception of a one-race period during the final week when Ziadie went in front by one.