While the Tampa Bay Derby (G3) was Saturday’s main event, Festival Day 45 also included four supporting stakes.

Seven stakes, six of them graded, comprised the undercard of Fountain of Youth (G2) and Davona Dale (G2) day at Gulfstream Park.

Speed was the name of the game in both points races on Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs.

Potential Breeders’ Cup contenders were out in full force for a trio of graded stakes on Sunday afternoon at Aqueduct.

British invader New Century stamped his ticket to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) in Saturday’s $368,918 Summer (G1) at Woodbine.

Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby will send out the morning-line favorites in Saturday’s Summer (G1) and Natalma (G1), “Win and You’re In” events for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) and Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1), respectively.

Proving worthy of her history-making namesake, WNBA star Caitlin Clark, Caitlinhergrtness beat the boys in Friday’s King’s Plate at Woodbine.

Canada’s iconic race, the C$1 million King’s Plate, will be run for the 165th time on Friday.

Brazilian-bred Ice Chocolat had yet to win a stakes, or dictate the pace, since arriving in North America two years ago, but jockey Jose Ortiz’s inspired change of tactics in Saturday’s Poker S. (G3) produced a 24-1 surprise.

Jockey Emisael Jaramillo won both Royal Ascot qualifiers aboard first-time starters at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, but in contrasting fashion.

The Canadian International (G1) resumed from a one-year hiatus on Sunday, and Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby provided a sense of continuity at Woodbine.