Mondego and Emisael Jaramillo outfinish Flashiest to prevail by a half-length in the $200,000 Charles Whittingham Stakes (G2T) for older horses going 1 1/4 miles May 2 at Santa Anita Park.

Gary Barber, Cheyenne Stable, and Wachtel Stable's Rhetorical tallies a front-end score in the Turf Classic Stakes (G1T) May 2 at Churchill Downs under Irad Ortiz Jr., drawing off to win by 3 1/4 lengths.

In a battle of unbeaten colts making their stakes debuts, Crude Velocity overpowers Englishman to take the $741,330 Pat Day Mile Stakes (G2) May 2 at Churchill Downs in stakes record time.

Japanese shipper T O Elvis outruns his American counterparts in scoring a decisive victory in the Churchill Downs Stakes (G1) on the Kentucky Derby (G1) undercard May 2.

Stark Contrast skips the Kentucky Derby (G1) and stays on the grass, leading him to a win in the American Turf Stakes (G1T) May 2 at Churchill Downs.

Facing a field featuring a solid if not top-level proven slate of contenders, Classic Q ended her streak of futility in graded stakes when she bested Portfolio Duration by a neck to annex the $976,000 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes (G2T).

St. Elias Stable, Ken Langone, Steven Duncker, and Vicarage Stable's Deterministic repeats in the May 2 Fort Marcy Stakes (G3T) at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Yellow Card stole the spotlight May 2 at Churchill Downs, digging deep to win the $594,600 Twin Spires Turf Sprint Stakes (G2T) in a time of 1:02.20 for the 5 1/2 furlongs on turf.

R Disaster pulls a gate-to-wire upset in the May 2 Derby City Distaff Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs, defeating favored grade 1 winners Splendora and Way and Means.

This was supposed to be an underwhelming Two Thousand Guineas (G1), but in the May 2 event, we saw a future champion jockey deliver a precision ride on a horse who could well dominate this season.