Packing a big finishing punch, Summer Starlet stamped herself as a major player in the two-year-old filly division, recording a convincing win in Saturday’s $300,000 Spinaway (G1) at Saratoga.

Speed reigned supreme in Saturday night’s stakes at Prairie Meadows, where Navajo Warrior put an exclamation point on the Festival of Racing.

The Wise Dan was one of four turf stakes on the banner card at Churchill Downs. Favorites swept all four on a course that remained good despite the rain.

Magnitude forged to the head of the class among older males on Saturday with a coast-to-coast triumph in the $1.998 million Stephen Foster (G1) at Churchill Downs.

Chip Honcho ran down the country's most accomplished maiden, Ocelli, to win the $500,000 Ohio Derby (G3) at Thistledown on Saturday.

Saturday’s Stephen Foster Preview Day at Churchill Downs included four turf stakes, and the Ortiz brothers combined to sweep them all.

The well-traveled three-year-old asserted his class in the $150,000 Chick Lang S. at Laurel.

After a lengthy review of the stretch run of the $750,000 Alysheba (G2) at Churchill Downs on Friday, Corporate Power retained his hard-fought neck victory

One year after his Kentucky Derby (G1) dreams were dashed by injury, Magnitude was on the top of the world after upsetting Forever Young in Saturday’s $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1).

On Saturday, the Louisiana-bred Touchuponastar ran 1 1/8 miles over the New Orleans strip faster than any horse has.

Magnitude will make a belated trip to the Middle East in early April after a facile 3 3/4-length triumph in the $500,000 Razorback H. (G3) at Oaklawn Park on Saturday.

Hit Show successfully tuned up for his rematch with champion Forever Young in the $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1).

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.

The parallels between Magnitude and Gun Runner became more pronounced after the former's hard-fought win Friday in the $595,000 Clark (G2) at Churchill Downs.

Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen got his Preakness Day off to a literal fast start on Saturday by saddling the first two stakes winners on the card, both in dirt sprints.

Reigning Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna notched her sixth career Grade 1 victory in the $1.25 million Apple Blossom H. (G1) at Oaklawn Park on Saturday.

Upsets were prominent on Tuesday's Blue Grass Day undercard at Keeneland, the biggest being Positano Sunset's 14-1 surprise over the favorite Emery in the $623,338 Madison (G1) for fillies and mares.

The Steve Asmussen stable's prospects for the Kentucky Derby (G1) took a serious hit last month after Magnitude was sidelined following a dynamic victory in the Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds. They were revived to an extent on Saturday when Tiztastic confirmed his participation in the Churchill Downs classic with a 2 1/4-length win in the $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2).

The 43-1 longshot Magnitude shook up the Road to the Kentucky Derby with a front-running upset of Saturday’s $500,000 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds.