Privately purchased following a second-place finish in the Monmouth Oaks (G3) in late July, Bodacious Bay reaped immediate dividends on Saturday.

Further Ado, the beaten favorite in the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Haskell (G1), has been installed as the 2-1 choice in Saturday’s $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1).

It’s increasingly looking like Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse will have the nation’s leading three-year-old filly in his barn for the second consecutive year.

A rubber match between Counting Stars and Always a Runner is the main storyline going into the $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks (G1).

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

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).

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.