A promising field has turned out for the Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun at Kawasaki Racecourse in Japan, the second leg of the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby.

Another sensational Royal Ascot is in the books. With sunny skies making for good-to-firm going, the tricky soft-ground variable was eliminated, and the results were generally logical.

Mighty Heart is two-thirds of the way to a Canadian Triple Crown sweep after notching Tuesday's $299,163 Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie.

The first automatic qualifier for the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2) was determined on Friday when The Lir Jet battled to a gritty victory in the Norfolk (G2) at Royal Ascot.

The five-day Royal Ascot meet kicked off on Tuesday with a stellar slate of seven races, none of them more exciting than the featured Queen Anne (G1), which saw the improving Circus Maximus dig deep to prevail in in a thrilling finish.

Horseplayers know that international events can hold big fields and big opportunities to obtain a nice payout in competitive action overseas.

The consistently capable and occasionally brilliant Lys Gracieux overcame adversity to achieve a historic victory in the prestigious Cox Plate (G1)

Conditioner Aidan O’Brien will saddle five of the six entries in Saturday’s $256,000 Vertem Futurity Trophy S. (Eng-G1) at Doncaster.