Unlike the Just a Game (G1) with its overrepresentation of Chad Brown runners, Friday’s other major event for turf distaffers at Saratoga, the $750,000 New York (G1), boasts a much more varied field of 13.

Friday’s $386,334 Modesty S. (G3) already shaped up as a contentious renewal, and the yielding turf on a rainy Kentucky Oaks Day at Churchill Downs added another layer of complexity to the handicapping puzzle. Longshot Fast as Flight was the one who stepped up in the conditions to earn a new career high, paying $43.90.

Dominant Alabama (G1) winner Randomized bids to enhance her resume against older foes in Sunday’s $250,000 Beldame (G2).

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.

Jockey Juan Hernandez captured two of the three turf stakes on opening day at Santa Anita.

Country Grammer preps for Saudi in Monday's San Antonio (G2), and the American Oaks (G1) anchors a trio of turf stakes on opening day at Santa Anita.