Bella Ballerina, a Street Sense half-sister to 2023 Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner and champion three-year-old filly Pretty Mischievous, is on the road to the 2026 Oaks herself after a half-length victory Saturday in the $397,375 Golden Rod (G2) at Churchill Downs.

The $3.7 million filly had to work harder than expected to win in her new Dixiana Farms silks.

Alpine Princess reaped the rewards of her consistency in the Falls City (G3), and Proctor Street broke through in the Cardinal S. at Churchill Downs.

Trainer Brendan Walsh is having a Keeneland fall meet to remember.

For the third time in his career, Mystik Dan parlayed a ground-saving trip into a graded stakes win at Churchill Downs, adding Saturday’s $500,000 Lukas Classic (G2) to his tally.

An action-packed afternoon of racing at Kentucky Downs included a trio of lucrative stakes for three-year-olds: the $1,994,300 Franklin-Simpson (G1), the $1,867,100 Music City (G2), and the $1,897,778 Gun Runner S.

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

On a Sunday afternoon of upsets at Oaklawn Park, Coal Battle and Quietside starred in the Rebel (G2) and Honeybee (G3) while Alexander Helios battled to victory in the Razorback H. (G3).

The Chad Brown-trained Spirit of St Louis has spent far more time among New York-breds than in open company, but that might have to change after he upstaged Saturday’s Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1).

Breeders' Cup winner Soul of an Angel and Power Squeeze were both thwarted by the unheralded Windy Walk in Thursday’s Rampart S. at Gulfstream Park.

Unplaced in four previous graded stakes attempts, Loved struck a new career high in Thursday’s Falls City (G3) at Churchill Downs.

Keeneland offered a pair of “Win & You’re In” Breeders’ Cup Challenge series on the main track Saturday, and East Avenue and Zeitlos stamped their respective tickets for the Juvenile (G1) and Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) in opposite manner.

Whisper Hill Farm’s homebred Grand Sonata finished with a crescendo to surprise Saturday’s Kentucky Turf Cup (G2) in course-record time at Kentucky Downs.