A drop in class and a dry racing surface were conditions that helped propel Leslie's Rose to victory in the $200,000 Shuvee (G2) at Saratoga on Friday.

Although Friday’s $200,000 Shuvee (G2) at Saratoga isn’t a Grade 1 race, the 49th running of the 1 1/8-mile dirt race for fillies and mares has drawn a top-tier field.

Raging Sea capitalized on a rail run into the stretch to beat Shotgun Hottie in Sunday’s Shuvee (G2) at Saratoga.

With divisional champion Idiomatic bound for Saturday’s Molly Pitcher (G3) on Haskell Day at Monmouth Park, Sunday’s $200,000 Shuvee (G2) at Saratoga presents a resume-enhancing opportunity for distaffers inclined to take it.

Last year’s champion three-year-old filly Nest showed no rust in Sunday’s $186,000 Shuvee (G2), leveraging her tactical speed to dethrone older star Clairiere at Saratoga.

Reigning titleholder Clairiere has a recency advantage over Nest, last year’s champion three-year-old filly who makes her belated 2023 debut.

Stonestreet Stables’ homebred Clairiere followed up her Ogden Phipps (G1) victory over Malathaat by beating the champion again in Sunday’s Shuvee (G2) at Saratoga.

The two Curlin bluebloods square off again in Sunday’s $200,000 Shuvee (G2) at Saratoga, where Malathaat bids to re-assert her superiority.

A closing second to Letruska in last summer’s Shuvee S. (G3), Royal Flag overtook another gutsy pacesetter, Horologist, in time in Sunday’s $200,000 renewal at Saratoga.