Reigning Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) winner Idiomatic earned a fees-paid berth back to the Breeders’ Cup when dominating Sunday’s $600,000 Spinster (G1) at Keeneland for the second straight year.

The stakes-packed Friday evening card at Charles Town provided a chance for proven stakes winners to add rich victories to their decorated resumes.

Last seen fading to an uncharacteristic 12th in the Godolphin Mile (G2), Saudi Crown returned triumphant in Sunday’s R.A. “Cowboy” Jones S. at Ellis Park.

Gun Pilot secured his first victory at the stakes level when upsetting Saturday's $1 million Churchill Downs S. (G1) at Churchill Downs.

Timberlake was the class going into Saturday's $1.25 million Rebel (G2) at Oaklawn Park and, despite not having run since the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) in November, proved as much in the 1 1/16-mile Road to the Kentucky Derby prep.

Albaugh Family Stables is once more on the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail, after Catching Freedom motored late to win the first scoring race in the series at Oaklawn Park, Monday’s $300,000 Smarty Jones S.

Track Phantom made his stakes debut a winning one in Saturday’s $98,000 Gun Runner at Fair Grounds, determinedly proving best by 1 1/4 lengths in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifier.

Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1) contenders took center stage on opening day of the Churchill Downs fall meet, and surprising results unfolded over a sloppy track.

Tremendous homestretch rallies carried talented two-year-olds to victory in a pair of Sunday turf stakes at Keeneland.

A few hours after Saudi Crown scored in the Pennsylvania Derby (G1), trainer Brad Cox turned a stakes double Saturday night at Churchill Downs with Slip Mahoney and Everso Mischievous.

Sloppy conditions at Ellis Park proved just right for a pair of hot favorites with speed on the rail – the 2.40-1 Ryvit in the Maxfield Overnight S. and the 0.81-1 Zozos in the Hanshin S.

At one stage of Sunday’s $400,000 Matt Winn (G3) at Ellis Park, 1.12-1 favorite Disarm appeared to inherit sire Gun Runner’s distaste for the slop.