Trainer Brendan Walsh had to scratch favorite Lush Lips from Saturday’s Jenny Wiley (G1), but his other entrant, Expensive Queen, saved the day at Keeneland.

Lush Lips has been a gem of consistency for trainer Brendan Walsh, which makes her especially dangerous against a quality cast.

A sneak preview of what the European contingent for the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) might look like occurs Saturday in the $1.25 million Coolmore Turf Mile (G1) at Keeneland.

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.

Since adding blinkers last fall, She Feels Pretty has won all four of her starts, three of them in Grade 1 events.

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.

In addition to the star power in the Acorn (G1) and Ogden Phipps (G1), Friday’s card at Saratoga showcases turf standout She Feels Pretty in the $750,000 New York (G1).

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.

Klaravich Stables and trainer Chad Brown have cornered the market on numerous turf stakes over the years, but until Friday, the $529,670 Edgewood S. (G2) had eluded them. Dynamic Pricing filled that rare lacuna on their resume with a sustained rally on Kentucky Oaks Day at Churchill Downs.

The undercard of the widely anticipated $250,000 Holy Bull S. (G3) on Saturday at Gulfstream Park featured four other stakes for three-year-olds.