Trainer Chad Brown dealt reigning older female champion Idiomatic a second loss on the season in Friday's $485,000 Personal Ensign (G1) at Saratoga, but not with the filly most expected.

Friday’s Personal Ensign (G1) offered a rematch between champion Nest and Clairiere, but it was the other Curlin filly, up-and-coming Idiomatic, who upstaged them both at Saratoga.

Letruska's stranglehold on 2021 Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) qualifiers continued Saturday at Saratoga when the five-year-old mare proved tenacious in the final furlong to win the $600,000 Personal Ensign S. (G1) under Irad Ortiz Jr.

August 1 was one of those big racing days that have become standard at Saratoga. The era of a graded stakes race every day is now long gone, with important races instead stacked on a few weekends.