Caught behind traffic turning for home and still fourth in deep stretch, Japan’s hope Loves Only You was running out of time in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) at Del Mar.

Sunday’s Waya S. (G3) at Belmont Park underwent several changes between 2020 and 2021, but one thing stayed consistent: My Sister Nat as the winner.

Both a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) and a points race toward the Kentucky Oaks (G1), the $400,000 Frizette (G1) anchors a trio of graded stakes at Belmont Park on Sunday.

The $600,000 Flower Bowl S. (G1) found a new spot on the calendar at Saratoga, but the venerable prize will once again have major Breeders’ Cup implications thanks to the streaking War Like Goddess.

Irish invader State of Rest sprang a 21-1 surprise in Saturday’s $1 million Saratoga Derby (G1), while the other two turf stakes on Whitney Day went to favorites War Like Goddess and Flavius.

The Phipps Stable and Claiborne Farm have a promising older horse to look forward to for next year in Performer, who repelled a bid from the favored Tax to take Saturday's $203,200 Discovery (G3).