Rebounding from his Kentucky Derby (G1) disappointment, beaten favorite Further Ado returned to his winning ways with a 2-length victory in the $500,000 Matt Winn Stakes (G3) June 7 at Churchill Downs.
Slay the Day lived up to her 3-5 post-time favoritism with a prominent score in the June 7 $200,000 Soaring Softly (G3T), a 5 1/2-furlong sprint for sophomore fillies over Saratoga Race Course's Mellon turf.
As the Belmont Stakes' (G1) three-year residency at Saratoga Race Course comes to an end, New York Racing Association CEO and president Dave O'Rourke has some thank-yous for the classic's temporary home.
Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott secured his fifth victory in the $300,000 Poker Stakes (G3T) June 7 when Pin Oak Stud's Pass the Hat got the nod over his stablemate Capitol Hill in a thrilling fight to the wire.
Fireball Miss stamped herself a star of the future and sealed an incredible double for her dam Femme Fireball with a dominant triumph in the June 6 Queensland Oaks (G1) at Eagle Farm Racecourse.
Sixpence had shown little in his previous grade 1 starts but things came together with new jockey Yutaka Take, and the 5-year-old captured the June 6 Yasuda Kinen (G1T) at Tokyo Racecourse.