Fifty weeks after last visiting the winner’s circle, reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty returned to it after the $1 million Whitney (G1) at Saratoga.

Magnitude forged to the head of the older male class, defeating Sovereignty, Baeza, and White Abarrio in the June 27 Stephen Foster (G1).

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.

The buildup to the $2 million Stephen Foster (G1) at Churchill Downs on Saturday has lasted for more than a month. And now it's nearly time for the horses to do the figurative talking.

Saturday's $1.25 million Oaklawn H. (G2) went the way of White Abarrio, who continues to add to an already rich resume.

In what figures to be the most anticipated renewal of the $1.25 million feature in decades, the Oaklawn H. (G2) on Saturday will serve as the season debut for reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty.

The seven-year-old veteran ran the race of his life at Gulfstream Park on Saturday to upset the 1 1/8-mile fixture at odds of 21-1.

Disco Time will take an unbeaten record into the $3 million Pegasus World Cup (G1) at Gulfstream Park on Saturday.

Saturday’s $150,000 Mr. Prospector (G3) at Gulfstream Park turned out to be a breaking news generator.

The entire complexion of Sunday’s $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) changed in the opening strides at Saratoga,

Fresh off a victory in the Whitney (G1) at Saratoga, champion Sierra Leone bids for a Breeders’ Cup Challenge double in Sunday’s Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1).

Sierra Leone and Fierceness will have a fifth meeting in their rivalry, but their first this year, in the $1 million Whitney (G1) at Saratoga.

Although billed as a showdown between Fierceness and White Abarrio, the $970,000 Metropolitan H. (G1) at Saratoga on Saturday fell instead to Raging Torrent, perhaps the one true mile specialist in the field.

Saratoga has been the scene of some of the best moments in the racing careers of Fierceness and White Abarrio, who highlight a small but very select field in the $1 million Metropolitan H. (G1) on Saturday.

White Abarrio, a justifiable 1-20 favorite in the $150,000 Ghostzapper (G3) at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, shook clear of filly rival Power Squeeze at the top of the stretch and won comfortably by 5 1/4 lengths under Irad Ortiz Jr.

There are no sure things in racing, but bettors shouldn't be given too much flak for thinking and behaving accordingly about White Abarrio in the $165,000 Ghostzapper (G3) at Gulfstream Park on Saturday.