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.

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).

Trainer Bob Baffert will again be heavily favored to win the $200,000 San Vicente (G2) at Santa Anita on Saturday, as he saddles two leading contenders.

The divisional champions and Horse of the Year will be revealed during the awards ceremony at The Breakers Palm Beach on Jan. 22.

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.

A trio of graded grass stakes on opening day at Santa Anita ended in upsets, led by the 12-1 surprise of Ambaya in the $300,000 American Oaks (G1).

Bob Baffert swept all three dirt stakes on Santa Anita’s opening day program on Sunday, and in the process, extended his grip on the record book.

Nysos had to dig deep to outduel Nevada Beach in the Laffit Pincay Jr. (G2), in a performance that was record-breaking on two counts.

Saturday’s $150,000 Mr. Prospector (G3) at Gulfstream Park turned out to be a breaking news generator.

Santa Anita's blockbuster opening day includes the Malibu (G1) and La Brea (G1) for three-year-olds and the return of Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) winner Nysos.

What the American Oaks lacks in star power, it makes up for as a seemingly competitive betting race.

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.

Wolfie’s Dynaghost advertised his claims for the Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1) at Gulfstream Park with a record-breaking victory in the course-and-distance prep.

Skippylongstocking added to his long list of stakes wins on Saturday with a head victory over 3-2 favorite Poster in the $150,000 Harlan's Holiday (G3) at Gulfstream Park.

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.