Sierra Leone and Fierceness will have a fifth meeting in their rivalry, but their first this year, in the $1 million Whitney (G1) at Saratoga.

After the concurrent losses by Fierceness and White Abarrio in the Metropolitan H. (G1) earlier this month, the leadership of the older male dirt division appears wide open.

Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. teamed up to turn a big-race double on Memorial Day at Santa Anita.

The adjective in his name fits Formidable Man, who figures to be a shorter price than usual in search of his fourth career graded stakes triumph Monday in the $300,000 Shoemaker Mile (G1) at Santa Anita.

The Brad Cox stable continued its recent cleanup of lucrative worldwide dirt stakes for older horses when First Mission rallied in between rivals in the stretch to take the $1.25 million Oaklawn H. (G2) on Saturday.

One of the highlights of Skippylongstocking's 2024 campaign, a victory in the Oaklawn H. (G2), might be one this year, too, if the six-year-old veteran gets home on top in Saturday's renewal of the $1.25 million feature over 1 1/8 miles.

While the Tampa Bay Derby (G3) was Saturday’s main event, Festival Day 45 also included four supporting stakes.

Full Serrano became the sixth Argentine-bred to win a Breeders’ Cup race when he turned back late challenges in Saturday’s $920,000 Dirt Mile (G1) at Del Mar.

The stakes-packed Friday evening card at Charles Town provided a chance for proven stakes winners to add rich victories to their decorated resumes.