The first of four stakes races at Santa Anita on Saturday, the $200,000 Robert B. Lewis (G3) pits just four promising sophomores against each other.

Mo Forza and United successfully defended their titles in the City of Hope Mile and John Henry Turf Championship, respectively, and Going to Vegas punched her Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf ticket in the “Win and You’re In” Rodeo Drive.

If Mo Forza had been dethroned in Saturday’s $300,000 Del Mar Mile (G2), the defending champion would have had a few excuses at his disposal.

The rising turf star Hit the Road will do just that when he makes his first start outside his Southern California base in Friday's $300,000 Maker's Mark Mile (G1) at Keeneland.