Friday’s Grade 1 turf stakes at Belmont Park have attracted all-star fields, including competitors who’ve gone very close in the past two editions of the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1).

Didia stepped up in grade for Friday’s Modesty (G3) at Churchill Downs and stamped herself as a rising force in the turf female division.

Trainer Chad Brown won the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland for the fifth time on Saturday, but not with his odds-on favorite.

Going into the Saratoga Oaks (G3), With the Moonlight brought a profile very similar to Saratoga Derby (G1) hero Nations Pride. The parallel was strengthened when With the Moonlight completed the double for Team Godolphin.

Champion turf horse and renowned sire Kitten’s Joy has died at the age of 21, Ramsey Farm reported on social media Friday afternoon.

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