When it's time for the electorate to cast their votes for the 2026 Eclipse Awards beginning in late December, there seemingly won’t be many questions about who will win in the flat champion categories.

If Fully Subscribed runs anywhere close to her effort in the Aug. 29 Personal Ensign (G1) in the $650,000 Spinster (G1) at Keeneland on Sunday, it’s doubtful she can be beaten.

Saratoga’s reputation as the “Graveyard of Favorites” was alive and well on Saturday when Counting Stars was outrun in the $600,000 Alabama (G1) by stakes newcomer My Gun’s Loaded.

Counting Stars will be heavily favored to make it three in a row on Saturday in the $600,000 Alabama (G1).

It’s increasingly looking like Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse will have the nation’s leading three-year-old filly in his barn for the second consecutive year.

A rubber match between Counting Stars and Always a Runner is the main storyline going into the $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks (G1).

When Counting Stars brings her A game, she tends to look like the best three-year-old filly in the country.

A rematch of the top three finishers from last month's Kentucky Oaks (G1) is on tap at Saratoga on Friday in the $500,000 Acorn (G1).

Always a Runner entered the $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) on Friday, the least experienced of the 13 three-year-old fillies in the field.

Fans at Oaklawn Park were treated to a dominating performance by an odds-on favorite.