Speed reigned in Santa Anita’s trio of graded races Saturday on both dirt and turf, beginning with promising sophomore Forbidden Kingdom in the $200,000 San Vicente (G2).

Jockey Flavien Prat kicked off 2022 by riding six winners at Santa Anita on Saturday, including Grade 3 romps aboard odds-on bluebloods Luck and As Time Goes By.

Trainer Chad Brown goes for a closing day turf double at Del Mar, with major players in both the Matriarch (G1) and Cecil B. DeMille (G3) on Sunday.

Breeders’ Cup Saturday kicked off with a pair of rich undercard stakes featuring some of the most accomplished non-Breeders’ Cup starters in the country.

J. Kirk and Judy Robison bred both winners of Saturday’s Grade 2 turf features at Del Mar, None Above the Law and Going to Vegas.

East Coast shippers swept both graded stakes at Del Mar Saturday, Pappacap in the Best Pal S. (G2) and Princess Grace in the Yellow Ribbon H. (G2).

The ninth furlong of Monday’s $301,000 Gamely S. (G1) turned out to be a bridge too far for 9-10 favorite Charmaine’s Mia, but it was right in the target zone for Maxim Rate.