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

Remsen (G2) winner Paladin heads west from his winter base in Florida to New Orleans for the $500,000 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds on Saturday.

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.

On paper, Bottle of Rouge stacked up as the third-stringer from the Bob Baffert barn in Saturday’s $301,000 Del Mar Debutante (G1).

Bob Baffert bids for a record-extending 12th win in the $300,000 Del Mar Debutante (G1) on Saturday.

Lael Stables’ She Feels Pretty made it 2-for-2 in blinkers with another demolition job in Thursday’s American Oaks (G1) at Santa Anita.

With jockey Hector Berrios orchestrating a tactical masterclass, Iscreamuscream extended her record to a perfect 4-for-4 in Saturday’s Del Mar Oaks (G1).

San Clemente H. (G2) winner Iscreamuscream puts her perfect record on the line in Saturday’s $300,000 Del Mar Oaks (G1).

Two fillies brought perfect records into Saturday’s $202,500 San Clemente H. (G2), but only one retained her unbeaten status on opening day at Del Mar.

With Del Mar kicking off on Saturday this year, rather than a weekday, the traditional opening-day feature, the $100,000 Oceanside S., now serves as an appetizer for the $200,000 San Clemente (G2).