Sparkling in his maiden win at Saratoga on Labor Day weekend, U. S. S. Valor looked just as special dominating the $500,000 Champagne (G1) at Belmont Park on Saturday.

In 1926, Hall of Famer Sarazen won the Dixie H. for the second year in a row. A century later, Fort Washington scored a repeat victory in its successor race.

Shug McGaughey was widely expected to win his first Arlington Million (G1) at Colonial Downs on Saturday, but his 3-5 favorite Integration wasn’t the one to hand him the trophy.

Saturday’s $250,000 Dinner Party (G3) invited several logical players to the table, but Magic Cap Stables’ Fort Washington was the only one who showed up with his characteristic effort at Pimlico.

Seven stakes, six of them graded, comprised the undercard of Fountain of Youth (G2) and Davona Dale (G2) day at Gulfstream Park.

A moderate pace was of no great help to the favored Integration in the $300,000 Red Smith (G2) at Aqueduct on Saturday.

Trainer Chad Brown won both turf stakes on Haskell Preview Day at Monmouth Park on Saturday, but he had to share the spoils in the Monmouth (G3).

Godolphin’s Ottoman Fleet made short work of Saturday’s Arlington (G3), the first of three turf stakes on Stephen Foster Preview Day at Churchill Downs.

Integration further stamped himself as a potential leading player in the male turf division next season with an authoritative victory in the $250,000 Hill Prince (G2) at Aqueduct on Saturday.

British shipper Ancient Rome returned to his native place to plunder the $1,994,285 Mint Millions (G3), one of a trio of richly endowed stakes at Kentucky Downs on Saturday.

While Whitebeam readily justified odds-on favoritism in the $100,000 Gallorette (G3), the 15.20-1 Never Explain crashed the $200,000 Dinner Party (G3) in course-record time at Pimlico.

General Jim earned the biggest victory of his young career in Saturday’s Pat Day Mile (G2) at Churchill Downs, successfully outkicking Fort Bragg by a neck.