Cutting back in distance from a stakes-debut third in the 1 1/16-mile Bourbon Flight S. at Churchill Downs, Stimulate ($20.56) ripped through one mile in 1:33.64 over a fast track.

The 2025 champion juvenile colt will make a long-awaited return to action in the $200,000 Dwyer S. at Belmont Park over one mile on Saturday.

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 schedule would see those features back loaded on the latter half of the program. That's not the case, however, with Saturday's 11-race card at Aqueduct, as three of the four stakes are sprinkled throughout the card having gone with five or fewer entries.

Odds-on favorites captured both stakes at Belmont Park on Monday's observed Independence Day holiday, with Gufo kicking off things by getting back in the win column for the first time this year in the $150,000 Grand Couturier S. over 1 1/2 miles on the turf.