Crude Velocity came into Saturday’s $741,330 Pat Day Mile S. (G2) at Churchill Downs unbeaten in two tries and proved to be one to watch in the coming months in scoring a tough victory against pacesetter Englishman. Trained by Bob Baffert and ridden to victory by Florent Geroux, the CSLR Racing Partners' color-bearer earned a black-type score in his initial try.

Hit Show successfully tuned up for his rematch with champion Forever Young in the $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1).

Plutarch stepped up with a game performance and delivered Bob Baffert a record-extending 14th edition of the Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita, prevailing by three-quarters of a length.

The Champions Cup (G1) at Chukyo on Sunday (1:40 a.m. ET) features a pair of exciting sophomores in Godolphin's Narukami and Japan Road winner Luxor Cafe.

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.

Champion Immersive won for the first time since her unbeaten juvenile campaign in Saturday’s $173,700 Seneca Overnight S. at Churchill Downs, one of four sophomore stakes on the card.

An action-packed afternoon of racing at Kentucky Downs included a trio of lucrative stakes for three-year-olds: the $1,994,300 Franklin-Simpson (G1), the $1,867,100 Music City (G2), and the $1,897,778 Gun Runner S.

Pacesetting was the key to victory in Saturday's Mint Millions (G3) and Ladies Marathon (G3) at Kentucky Downs.

When East Avenue stumbled out of the gate in Sunday’s West Virginia Derby (G3), Chunk of Gold seized the initiative to go wire-to-wire.

Mercante continued his upward trajectory by upsetting Brilliant Berti in Saturday’s $273,500 Arlington (G3), one of three turf stakes on Stephen Foster Preview Day at Churchill Downs.

A night of upsets at Meydan culminated in Saturday’s $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1), as the 41-1 Hit Show struck top gear late to deny fellow American longshot Mixto, leaving 1-2 favorite Forever Young behind in third.

Juddmonte’s Disco Time found himself in unfamiliar territory near the back of the pack in the Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds, but the favorite rallied in time to pass his first test on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.

Reigning Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) winner Idiomatic earned a fees-paid berth back to the Breeders’ Cup when dominating Sunday’s $600,000 Spinster (G1) at Keeneland for the second straight year.

Last seen fading to an uncharacteristic 12th in the Godolphin Mile (G2), Saudi Crown returned triumphant in Sunday’s R.A. “Cowboy” Jones S. at Ellis Park.