When Counting Stars brings her A game, she tends to look like the best three-year-old filly in the country.

Ways and Means successfully defended her title in the $300,000 Bed o' Roses (G2) at Saratoga on Friday. Unlike last year, she needed every inch of the seven furlongs to do it.

Eleventh as the lukewarm 5-1 favorite in the May 2 classic, Further Ado will look to get back on track at Churchill Downs in the $500,000 Matt Winn (G3).

An undisputed highlight of Saturday's Belmont Stakes Day program at Saratoga, the $1 million Metropolitan H. (G1) over one mile, has attracted a stellar cast.

An excellent edition of the $1 million Manhattan (G1) at Saratoga on Saturday tops a trio of graded stakes on the grass preceding the Belmont (G1).

A rematch of the top three finishers from last month's Kentucky Oaks (G1) is on tap at Saratoga on Friday in the $500,000 Acorn (G1).

The reigning Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) winner shook off a dull showing earlier this month to capture the 1 1/16-mile feature.

Hit Show, fifth to Magnitude in his title defense of the Dubai World Cup (G1) in late March, looks the horse to beat in the Blame.

The well-traveled three-year-old asserted his class in the $150,000 Chick Lang S. at Laurel.

Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. enjoyed a big day at Laurel on Friday, capturing the $300,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) with My Miss Mo and the $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3) with Navajo Warrior.

Preakness weekend, which will be held this year at Laurel before a vastly reduced on-track audience of less than 5,000 while Pimlico undergoes refurbishment, kicks off Friday with a 14-race card highlighted by the $300,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2).

Fans wanting to catch the last three graded stakes ever at the Big A will want to hightail it out to Queens on Saturday.

Stark Contrast proved a decisive winner of the $1 million American Turf (G1) as a 6-5 favorite.

In a thrilling finish to the $594,600 Twin Spires Turf Sprint (G2) at Churchill Downs on Saturday, Yellow Card prevailed in a four-horse photo.

Seizing control at the start and allowed to set an uncontested pace, R Disaster turned back Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) winner Splendora.

Always a Runner entered the $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) on Friday, the least experienced of the 13 three-year-old fillies in the field.

After a lengthy review of the stretch run of the $750,000 Alysheba (G2) at Churchill Downs on Friday, Corporate Power retained his hard-fought neck victory

To get a sense of how the Foster's importance in the racing landscape has changed, it's best to go back to the beginning.

Saturday's $1.25 million Oaklawn H. (G2) went the way of White Abarrio, who continues to add to an already rich resume.

In what figures to be the most anticipated renewal of the $1.25 million feature in decades, the Oaklawn H. (G2) on Saturday will serve as the season debut for reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty.