One Godolphin horse acts up in the gate and gets scratched, then his favored stablemate goes out and wins a Breeders’ Cup trophy. If that’s an insufficient summary of the Juvenile Turf, it explains the sense of déjà vu when the script was replayed in the Breeders’ Cup Mile.

Front-running Blowout bravely fended off stablemate Regal Glory in Saturday’s First Lady S. (G1), extending trainer Chad Brown’s dominance of the Keeneland feature

Hours after upsetting the Epsom Derby (G1) with 16-1 shot Adayar and placing third with Hurricane Lane, Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby dominated Saturday’s $500,000 Just a Game S. (G1) at Belmont Park. Homebred Althiqa rallied up the rail to defeat frontrunning stablemate Summer Romance and garner her first Grade 1 laurel.

With the scratch of pace rival Jakarta, 19-10 favorite Blowout capitalized as the controlling speed in Saturday’s Churchill Distaff Turf Mile (G2).

Vance Hanson reviews the Turf Classic, Churchill Distaff Turf Mile and American Turf for Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby day!

Withdrawn from last week's Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) ostensibly in search of an easier spot, Lady Prancealot justified the wisdom of that decision.