On paper, Gainesway Stable’s homebred Spendarella was the one to beat in Saturday’s Del Mar Oaks (G1). On the Del Mar turf itself, her class edge was only magnified, as the 6-5 favorite romped in extravagant fashion.

American Theorem nipped an ultra-game Principe Carlo in the Triple Bend (G2), as the 3-10 favorite Brickyard Ride faded at Santa Anita.

Brickyard Ride bids to extend his winning streak to five in the $200,000 Triple Bend (G2), the centerpiece of a trio of graded stakes at Santa Anita on Sunday.

In the trio of graded turf stakes on Santa Anita Derby Day, Going Global made it look easy in her Royal Heroine (G2) comeback, Kentucky invader Brooke Marie plundered the Monrovia (G2), and Cairo Memories wired the Providencia (G3).

Turf distaffers are in focus on the Santa Anita Derby undercard with a trio of graded stakes - the Royal Heroine, Monrovia, and Providencia

Sidelined since romping in the Oct. 1 Chandelier (G2), Ain’t Easy returns over the same 1 1/16-mile trip at Santa Anita in Sunday’s $100,000 Santa Ysabel (G3).

The Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Zenyatta S. (G2) anchored a five-stakes Sunday card at Santa Anita.