Second to Horse of the Year Sovereignty in the Whitney (G1) at Saratoga, Nitrogen lands in a softer spot in Friday’s $250,000 Beldame (G2) at Belmont Park.

Packing a big finishing punch, Summer Starlet stamped herself as a major player in the two-year-old filly division, recording a convincing win in Saturday’s $300,000 Spinaway (G1) at Saratoga.

Super Corredora sped to the lead at the break and upset rivals in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Del Mar.

From a pair of sprint stakes at Keeneland Saturday, Praying earned a free berth to the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1), recording an upset win in the TCA (G2), and Khaadem will be Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1)-bound after winning the Woodford (G2).

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert again has the numbers in the $300,000 American Pharoah (G1) at Santa Anita on Saturday.

It's Our Time dazzled in his Aug. 16 debut at Saratoga, winning by 17 3/4 lengths as a 5-1 chance. What he can do for an encore will be found out Saturday in the $500,000 Champagne (G1) at Aqueduct over one mile.

Two-year-old candidates for the upcoming Breeders' Cup at Del Mar will emerge Friday when Aqueduct hosts the $175,000 Futurity (G3) and $200,000 Pilgrim (G2), both Breeders' Cup Challenge races.

No one would have faulted Locked for losing Saturday's $261,000 Woodward (G2), not after the field was reduced to three.

Straight No Chaser's late-season sweep of the Santa Anita Sprint Championship (G2) and Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) propelled him to a division title in 2024.

The Godolphin homebred outclassed eight rivals in the $768,833 Woodbine Mile (G1) despite a slow start.

The 1 1/2-mile test, a Breeders' Cup Challenge prep for the Turf (G1), is one of six stakes at the all-turf course on Saturday, annually the biggest card of the seven-day meet.

Ag Bullet made a successful title defense in the $1,994,300 Ladies Turf Sprint (G2) at Kentucky Downs.

The Pacific Classic, which offers a $1 million purse and is contested over 1 1/4 miles, highlights Del Mar's summer meet on Saturday.

The winner of the Turf Sprint will receive an expenses-paid berth to the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1) at Del Mar on Nov. 1, which carries a $1 million purse.

The two-year-old filly Mythical has led gate-to-wire in all three of her starts to date, winning by a combined margin of 15 1/4 lengths.

The retirement this summer of Raging Torrent was bad news for the miler division, but good news for the horses entered in the $250,000 Pat O'Brien (G2) at Del Mar on Saturday.

The Travers Day program at Saratoga on Saturday features three Breeders' Cup Challenge races, with the $500,000 Personal Ensign (G1) garnering much of the pre-race day attention.

An action-packed opening Tuesday of racing at Royal Ascot yielded a mix of expected and surprising outcomes as the four group stakes churned out rousing finishes befitting the prestigious five-day meet.