The “other” Chad Brown angle was in play in Friday’s $478,670 Modesty (G3), while a Brendan Walsh favorite just scraped home in a stakes-record Edgewood (G2).

Kentucky Oaks Day included a trio of graded stakes for turf distaffers, and two odds-on favorites demonstrated star quality at Churchill Downs.

Friday’s $386,334 Modesty S. (G3) already shaped up as a contentious renewal, and the yielding turf on a rainy Kentucky Oaks Day at Churchill Downs added another layer of complexity to the handicapping puzzle. Longshot Fast as Flight was the one who stepped up in the conditions to earn a new career high, paying $43.90.

Didia stepped up in grade for Friday’s Modesty (G3) at Churchill Downs and stamped herself as a rising force in the turf female division.

Trainer Chad Brown and jockey Flavien Prat kicked off Kentucky Oaks Day action when they captured the $250,000 Modesty Stakes.

Saturday was an action-packed day at Arlington Park. A quartet of stakes worth a combined $375,000 served as the highlights of Million Preview Day.