One day after half-brother Salamis scored a new career high in the Hollywood Derby (G1), Segesta likewise earned her first Grade 1 trophy in Sunday’s Matriarch (G1).

Fionn got back on the winning track Saturday at Aqueduct, surging inside the final furlong to overtake even-money favorite Laurelin in the $350,000 Jockey Club Oaks (G3).

Fully Subscribed was a lukewarm 7-2 favorite to capture her stakes debut Saturday in the $300,000 Mother Goose (G2) for three-year-old fillies at Aqueduct. She won in a manner that suggested the price should have been shorter.

The entire complexion of Sunday’s $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) changed in the opening strides at Saratoga,

With the pressure slightly off in Saturday's $1 million Whitney (G1), last year's three-year-old champion ended his hoodoo at the Spa with a convincing last-to-first rally under Flavien Prat.

A troubled Luther launched a protest that upended the established order and sparked ongoing controversy. Only this time, it wasn’t the 16th-century German monk.

Chancer McPatrick found himself at a crossroads going into Thursday’s $135,000 Curlin S. at Saratoga.

Trainer Chad Brown had a glorious day at Monmouth Park on Saturday, saddling three of the four graded stakes winners on the Haskell Day undercard.

Although Friday’s $200,000 Shuvee (G2) at Saratoga isn’t a Grade 1 race, the 49th running of the 1 1/8-mile dirt race for fillies and mares has drawn a top-tier field.

Trainer Chad Brown retained a firm grip on the $485,000 Diana (G1) at Saratoga on Saturday, when Excellent Truth bravely out battled odds-on favorite She Feels Pretty to win the nine-furlong turf fixture for fillies and mares by a head.

Owner John Amerman and trainer Graham Motion celebrated a second consecutive win in the $750,000 Belmont Derby (G1) on Friday, albeit in a different location and at a shorter distance than 12 months ago.

After winning the American Turf (G1) at Churchill Downs, Zulu Kingdom will look to add Friday's Penn Mile (G3) to his laurels. The night racing card also includes the Penn Oaks for fillies, which is headed by unbeaten Laurelin

Trainer Chad Brown won Friday’s $500,000 Just a Game (G1) for the fourth straight year, and a record eighth time in the past nine years, but not with his best-fancied runner.

Ways and Means turned in another dazzling display at Saratoga on Friday, strolling to a 7 3/4-length win in the $300,000 Bed o' Roses (G2) over seven furlongs.

Distance figures to be Hill Road's friend as the season progresses as the three-year-old colt needed nearly every bit of the 1 1/8 miles of Saturday's $200,000 Peter Pan (G3) at Aqueduct.

Spirit of St Louis flew onto the radar late to win going away, giving his connections a Grade 1 turf double on Kentucky Derby Day.

After racing too keenly and lasting by just a neck in the Columbia S. at Tampa Bay Downs, Zulu Kingdom was able to settle better in a stalking role in Saturday’s $924,780 American Turf (G1).

Alpha Delta Stables' homebred Raging Sea followed the leaders from well back in Friday’s $992,000 La Troienne S. (G1) at Churchill Downs, gained the initiative in between rivals in midstretch, and despite switching to her left lead was able to hold onto victory by three parts of a length over longshot Taxed.

After foiling a pair of Godolphin hotpots during the Dubai Carnival, British shipper Choisya ended trainer Chad Brown’s streak in Saturday’s Jenny Wiley (G1) at Keeneland.

If his performance in Friday's $552,013 Maker's Mark Mile (G1) is any indication of what to expect the rest of the season from Carl Spackler, the rest of the turf miler division will have a hard time keeping up.