Saturday's Acorn S. took an unexpected turn shortly before the start when champion Echo Zulu was scratched from the historic one-mile test.

It might be the first Friday in May, but the $500,000 Edgewood (G2) was all about New Year’s Eve.

In the absence of Secret Oath, who opted to tackle the boys in the Arkansas Derby (G1), Saturday’s $600,000 Fantasy (G3) has become wide open.

After sustaining her first loss in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), Pocahontas (G3) romper Hidden Connection bids to regain top form in Saturday’s $300,000 Rachel Alexandra (G2) at Fair Grounds.

Making her stakes debut off a tour de force performance at Ellis Park, 2.40-1 favorite Juju’s Map continued her ascent in the Alcibiades S. (G1) on Friday’s opener at Keeneland.