Godolphin’s homebred Highland Falls took it to odds-on favorite Arthur’s Ride early in Sunday’s Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) and powered away down the Saratoga stretch, stamping his ticket to the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1).

minating from post 9 in the Whitney (G1), Arthur’s Ride looks like the one to catch from the outermost post in Sunday's $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Saratoga.

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.

Updated after Tuesday's draw with post positions and morning line odds: field for the 155th Belmont Stakes on June 10, 2023

Forte, last year’s champion juvenile male and longtime Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite, has landed in post 15 for Saturday’s 149th Run for the Roses.

***Updated with scratches of Forte, Skinner, Continuar, Lord Miles, Practical Move; field with post positions and ML odds

If Tapit Trice’s Tampa Bay Derby (G3) victory left a few questions about his chances in the Kentucky Derby (G1), the Todd Pletcher trainee went some way toward answering them with a professional display in Saturday’s Blue Grass (G1) at Keeneland.

Before Forte shrugged off a problematic trip to prevail in the Florida Derby (G1), bettors had already declared their faith in the champion by backing him into 5-2 favoritism in Pool 6 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW).

An impressive victory in the Fountain of Youth (G2) propelled Forte to overall favoritism in Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 5.

Tapit Trice was bet down to 1-2 favoritism in Saturday’s Tampa Bay Derby (G2), a fans’ vote of confidence that the highly-regarded blueblood would punch his ticket to the Kentucky Derby (G1).