One of last year's leading two-year-olds, Brant kicks off his sophomore campaign Saturday in the $200,000 San Felipe (G2).

Accelerize sprung an 8-1 upset of the $173,250 Louisiana (G3) at Fair Grounds on Saturday, re-rallying to defeat Just a Touch, who is now 0-for-7 in stakes company.

Just a Touch has run fast enough during his start-and-stop career to have been a stakes winner by now, perhaps multiple times over.

Trainer Chad Brown had a glorious day at Monmouth Park on Saturday, saddling three of the four graded stakes winners on the Haskell Day undercard.

Although billed as a showdown between Fierceness and White Abarrio, the $970,000 Metropolitan H. (G1) at Saratoga on Saturday fell instead to Raging Torrent, perhaps the one true mile specialist in the field.

Saratoga has been the scene of some of the best moments in the racing careers of Fierceness and White Abarrio, who highlight a small but very select field in the $1 million Metropolitan H. (G1) on Saturday.

Racing fans hoping for an epic 150th edition of the Kentucky Derby (G1) on Saturday at Churchill Downs got their wish. In the closest finish for more than a quarter century, Mystik Dan hit the wire a desperate nose in front of Sierra Leone.

***Updated after the scratch of Encino; post position draw with morning-line odds for Kentucky Derby 150

One week after storming to a 13 1/2-length victory in the Florida Derby (G1), reigning champion two-year-old male Fierceness closed as the decisive 5-2 favorite in Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 6.

Seven weeks out from the 2024 Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs, bettors are having trouble landing on a clear favorite, as evidenced by the results of Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 5.

An eye-catching rally carried Sierra Leone to victory in Saturday’s Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds and to favoritism in Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 4.