Chip Honcho will have to overcome a more challenging post position if he's to follow up his win in last month's Gun Runner S. in the $250,000 Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds on Saturday.

Explora soared to the top of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks leaderboard in the Santa Ynez S., while So Happy foiled Buetane in the San Vicente (G2).

Strategic Risk took over entering the stretch and rolled to a 4 1/2-length decision in Saturday’s $250,000 Smarty Jones, a Road to the Kentucky qualifier at Oaklawn Park.

My World made it 2-for-2 in stakes company in the $139,500 Jerome S. on Saturday.

Brad Cox relies solely on two-time winner Rancho Santa Fe in the 1 1/16-mile Smarty Jones, a Road to the Kentucky Derby prep.

Balboa will be a vastly lower price in the $150,000 Jerome S. at Aqueduct, a Road to the Kentucky Derby series prep.

Express Kid defied the expectations of bettors to deliver a 34-1 upset victory in Saturday’s $300,000 Remington Springboard Mile S. at Remington Park.

The long Fair Grounds stretch ultimately worked in favor of Chip Honcho in the $100,000 Gun Runner S., run under the lights early Saturday night at the New Orleans track.

Iroquois (G3) winner Spice Runner tops a trio of Steve Asmussen-trained horses in Saturday's Remington Springboard Mile S., a Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifier.

The Road to the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks gets underway at Fair Grounds Saturday with the Gun Runner S. and Untapable S.

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert's record-extending 15th win in the $200,500 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) on Saturday came courtesy of Litmus Test.

Litmus Test tops six runners in Saturday's Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) and will try to give Bob Baffert a 15th win in the Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifier.

Paladin made his stakes debut a winning one in the Remsen (G2) at Aqueduct, driving to a two-length win, and confirmed himself as a Kentucky Derby contender.

Talkin enters the $250,000 Remsen (G2) at Aqueduct on Saturday with the benefit of having faced some of the better colts of his generation.

Thanks to his win in the Oct. 31 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), Ted Noffey shortened to 7-1 odds in Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 2.

Spendthrift Farm's Further Ado confirmed himself as a Kentucky Derby (G1) contender while making his stakes debut in the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2), driving to a 1 3/4-length decision.

If Further Ado is as good as he advertised when graduating third out at Keeneland last month, he'll be tough to beat Saturday in the $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) at Churchill Downs.

On Sunday at Churchill Downs, Incredibolt surged from last to first to take the $200,000 Street Sense (G3) in eye-catching fashion.

The fall meet at Churchill Downs kicks off Sunday with the first of two "Stars of Tomorrow," programs devoted exclusively to two-year-olds.

Bob Baffert appeared to have Saturday’s American Pharoah (G1) at Santa Anita surrounded, but the Jeff Mullins-trained Intrepido flew late to deny him.