Even top weight couldn’t slow down 3-10 favorite Anisette in Saturday’s $200,500 Yellow Ribbon H. (G2) at Del Mar.

Multiple Grade 1 star Anisette is the headline act in Saturday’s Yellow Ribbon H. (G2) at Del Mar. Earlier, OBS March Sale topper Nooni will try to confirm her rising star status in the Sorrento (G3).

On a stakes-packed Sunday afternoon at Santa Anita, Newgate capped off a big day for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert and legendary jockey Frankie Dettori, battling gamely to win the $400,000 Santa Anita H. (G1).

Santa Anita has moved Saturday’s card to Sunday due to forecasted heavy rains, and the 10-race program features four graded stakes, including the 87th running of the Santa Anita H. (G1) and the San Felipe (G2) for three-year-olds.

In addition to riding the superb Nysos in the Robert B. Lewis (G3), Flavien Prat won two other graded stakes on the Santa Anita card, both aboard mares making eagerly-awaited returns to action.

Trainer Chad Brown won the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland for the fifth time on Saturday, but not with his odds-on favorite.

On paper, Gainesway Stable’s homebred Spendarella was the one to beat in Saturday’s Del Mar Oaks (G1). On the Del Mar turf itself, her class edge was only magnified, as the 6-5 favorite romped in extravagant fashion.

Last seen landing her U.S. debut in style in the Jan. 2 Blue Norther S., Bellabel resumed triumphant in Saturday’s San Clemente (G2) at Del Mar.