2024 might have been the Year of the Dragon, but in the land of U.S. Thoroughbred racing, it was the Year of the “Grizzly.”

On Saturday at Del Mar, Soul of Angel prevailed as a 19-1 longshot in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1).

A slow start couldn’t stop Soul of an Angel from storming to victory in Saturday’s $220,000 Princess Rooney (G3) sprinting seven furlongs at Gulfstream Park.

Trainer Chad Brown dealt reigning older female champion Idiomatic a second loss on the season in Friday's $485,000 Personal Ensign (G1) at Saratoga, but not with the filly most expected.

Although the $1 million Haskell (G1) is the only “Win and You’re In” event at Monmouth Park on Saturday, the Jersey Shore’s stakes-laden program figures to have additional Breeders’ Cup implications.

Seven months after losing a stretch battle with Idiomatic by a half-length in the Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1), Randomized got her revenge over the reigning champion older dirt mare in the $500,000 Ogden Phipps (G1) at Saratoga on Saturday.

Played Hard survived a claim of foul to narrowly annex Friday’s La Troienne Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs.