Roundup of the Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" events and other stakes action on Day 1 of the Irish Champions Festival at Leopardstown

Godolphin star Notable Speech and South African champion Gimme a Nother scored in Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" events at Woodbine

Hot-riding Juan Hernandez employed his own thought process to lift Medoro past 3-5 favorite Thought Process in the John C. Mabee (G2) at Del Mar.

Recaps of the Mint Millions (G3), Franklin-Simpson (G2), and other stakes on the Sept. 7 Labor Day card.

The Justify mare regained her winning groove with an emphatic front-running display at Kentucky Downs, the highlight of a six-win day for Flavien Prat.

Odds-on Hughes gave Bob Baffert a 20th score in the Del Mar feature, rebuffing a tag-team challenge from the Doug O’Neill barn in a purely intramural affair.

The first stakes winner for her first-crop sire, 2022 Preakness (G1) hero Early Voting, Miss Monica, also ranks as his top-selling two-year-old.

British shipper Tiffany topped an all-European trifecta in the Kentucky Turf Cup (G2), while New York-bred Caroline St. Beat foiled the Europeans in the Nashville Derby (G2).

Sunday’s Hopeful (G1) at Saratoga features the perennial match-up between precocious juveniles and graduates of maiden races later in the summer.

Iron Man Cal earned his spot in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) by wiring the Pat O’Brien (G2), and Graham Motion’s shipper Test Score booked his Turf (G1) ticket in the Del Mar H. (G2).

Leading sire Not This Time stamped his influence on both rich stakes at Kentucky Downs on Saturday.

Just as he did in the Oceanside S. on opening day, Proletariat bossed his rivals on the front end in Sunday’s Del Mar Derby (G2).

Recaps of the Del Mar Oaks (G1) and Mile (G2), along with the Breeders' Cup WAYI Green Flash H. (G2).

The connections of reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty have yet another Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) contender on their hands.

British-based mare Survie achieved her aim of a Grade 1 laurel and a spot in the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1), with a last-to-first burst in the Christophe Clement Turf (G1) at Saratoga.

Owen Almighty, Igniter, and Manuka Honey won for Luis Saez, Florent Geroux scored a stakes double with Salahudin and Conceit, and Jaime Torres guided Five a Side on the big day at Ellis Park.

The Sorrento (G3) at Del Mar turned into a virtual match race, as Wesley Ward’s 8-5 Ruiva tried to fend off Bob Baffert’s 4-5 favorite Holmby.

John the Beer Man came out on top of a rough, three-way stretch battle in Sunday’s $300,000 Troy (G2), then had to survive an inquiry and objection.

After a couple of days of being stuck on win number 5,999, Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher had to wait until the Saturday nightcap at Saratoga for his long-anticipated 6,000th victory.

It’s still early in the season for two-year-olds, but Hughes demolished the Best Pal (G3) in the manner of a colt going places for Bob Baffert.