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.

British shipper Ancient Rome returned to his native place to plunder the $1,994,285 Mint Millions (G3), one of a trio of richly endowed stakes at Kentucky Downs on Saturday.

Breaking from post 14 and sporting blinkers for the first time, Pretty Mischievous battled to victory in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs.

Sky-high expectations for Hoosier Philly were brought to earth in Saturday’s Rachel Alexandra (G2) at Fair Grounds. But Godolphin’s Pretty Mischievous soared to a new career high on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks.

Monday’s Gun Runner S. and Untapable S. at Fair Grounds – respectively on the Road to the Kentucky Derby and Oaks – served as rebound spots for juveniles coming off graded stakes losses at Churchill Downs.

Newly purchased for $600,000, Temple City Terror earned her third stakes win of the season in Friday's Long Island S. (G3) at Aqueduct.

A pair of rich turf stakes with possible Breeders’ Cup implications served as the highlights of an action-packed Saturday afternoon at Woodbine.

Godolphin’s homebred Santin, who broke through with his first stakes win in the Turf Classic (G1) on Kentucky Derby Day, followed up over the same Churchill Downs course and distance in Saturday’s Arlington Million (G1).