Trainer Todd Pletcher already has the best three-year-old miler in the country in Life Is Good, but will have the quality backups Americanrevolution and Following Sea primed to go instead in the $750,000 Cigar Mile H. (G1) at Aqueduct on Saturday.

The Champagne S., Woodward S., Miss Grillo S. and Belmont Turf Sprint highlight weekend racing at Belmont Park.

Ready to roll off the layoff in Saturday’s $252,000 Philip H. Iselin S. (G3), Code of Honor set himself up for a potentially big fall campaign with a 2 1/2-length victory at Monmouth Park.

Bob Baffert has won two of four runnings of the Pegasus, and the Hall of Fame trainer should have a strong hand in the fifth edition.

Coming off a decidedly sub-par performance in the Breeders' Cup Classic, a better effort from By My Standards in Friday's Clark Stakes would not be a surprise.