Bella Ballerina, a Street Sense half-sister to 2023 Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner and champion three-year-old filly Pretty Mischievous, is on the road to the 2026 Oaks herself after a half-length victory Saturday in the $397,375 Golden Rod (G2) at Churchill Downs.

The $3.7 million filly had to work harder than expected to win in her new Dixiana Farms silks.

Alpine Princess reaped the rewards of her consistency in the Falls City (G3), and Proctor Street broke through in the Cardinal S. at Churchill Downs.

Trainer Brendan Walsh is having a Keeneland fall meet to remember.

Opening week of the Keeneland fall meet wrapped up on Sunday with a trio of stakes, including two “Win and You’re In” qualifiers to the Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Breeders’ Cup.

Recaps of the Alcibiades (G1), Jessamine (G2), and Phoenix (G2) BC Challenge races at Keeneland.

Clicquot overshadowed her high-profile rivals in Saturday's $1 million Cotillion (G1), rallying determinedly to prevail as Good Cheer, La Cara, and Scottish Lassie all came up short in the test for three-year-old fillies.

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

Favored Brilliant Berti topped an exacta for trainer Cherie DeVaux in Saturday’s $499,250 Wise Dan (G2), the centerpiece of three turf stakes on the Stephen Foster Day program at Churchill Downs.

One day after Kentucky Derby (G1) hero Sovereignty cemented his status as the leading three-year-old in the Belmont (G1), Godolphin’s other Derby runner, eighth-placer East Avenue, rebounded in Sunday’s $387,000 Matt Winn (G3) at Churchill Downs.

Echo Sound returned triumphant in the Miss Preakness (G3), and Play With Fire scored a stakes breakthrough in the Hilltop S. at Pimlico.

After a dull effort in her season debut in mid-January, the managers at Calumet Farm transferred the four-year-old filly Gin Gin from Brad Cox to Brendan Walsh in the hopes he could answer a lingering question: Did Gin Gin still want to be a racehorse?

Seven stakes, six of them graded, comprised the undercard of Fountain of Youth (G2) and Davona Dale (G2) day at Gulfstream Park.

Unplaced in four previous graded stakes attempts, Loved struck a new career high in Thursday’s Falls City (G3) at Churchill Downs.

Keeneland offered a pair of “Win & You’re In” Breeders’ Cup Challenge series on the main track Saturday, and East Avenue and Zeitlos stamped their respective tickets for the Juvenile (G1) and Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) in opposite manner.

In years past, international legend Frankie Dettori would have been riding in the Oaks (G1) at Epsom on Friday.

The undercard of the widely anticipated $250,000 Holy Bull S. (G3) on Saturday at Gulfstream Park featured four other stakes for three-year-olds.