The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival kicks up a gear at Saratoga on Friday, with a total of six graded stakes on tap. Fillies and mares take center stage in the three dirt stakes.

Good Cheer, undefeated and the undisputed horse to beat entering Friday's $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks (G1), walked off the field of battle with a mud-caked coat still undefeated.

A powerful homestretch rally carried Final Gambit to a blowout victory in Saturday’s $777,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) over the Tapeta track at Turfway Park.

Saturday’s $777,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) at Turfway Park is scheduled to be the first 2025 Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifier awarding 100 points to the winner.

Godolphin’s homebred Good Cheer remained undefeated, and reiterated her status as a serious Kentucky Oaks (G1) contender, by dominating Saturday’s Rachel Alexandra (G2) at Fair Grounds.

Despite ending his two-year-old season on a sour note in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1), East Avenue is expected to produce a far better effort, perhaps a winning one, in the $500,000 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds.