With last year’s champion, Lemon Pop, leading the Japanese charge on the Saudi Cup (G1), Sunday’s February (G1) at Tokyo had a more open look. Even so, few could have foreseen the magnitude of the upset in store.

Intended for last fall’s Breeders’ Cup before a setback ruled her out, Songline earned a ticket to this November’s championships at Santa Anita with a late surge in Sunday’s “Win and You’re In” Victoria Mile (G1) at Tokyo.

Rattle N Roll left rivals shaking, and placed his name prominently in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) mix, when posting a resounding 4 1/4-length victory in Saturday’s $500,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland.