Sweet Azteca showed no signs of rust returning from a nine-month layoff in Saturday's $200,000 Great Lady M. (G2) at Los Alamitos.

It's far too soon to anoint Kopion as a Hall of Fame-quality runner, but the daughter of Omaha Beach has displayed the potential to be a very special sprinter.

Trainer Michael McCarthy accomplished his mission of getting in a prep over the track for the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1).

In addition to riding the superb Nysos in the Robert B. Lewis (G3), Flavien Prat won two other graded stakes on the Santa Anita card, both aboard mares making eagerly-awaited returns to action.

Skippylongstocking has long shown flashes of talent. Now he’s a millionaire thanks to a runaway triumph in Friday’s Charles Town Classic (G2).