Desert Gate gave trainer Bob Baffert a record 12th win in the Best Pal Stakes (G3) with an easy 8 3/4-length victory Aug. 9 at Del Mar.

Sitting a perfect pocket trip behind the speed, Giocoso shot through inside when a stretch opening appeared to capture the $503,600 Secretariat Stakes (G2T) Aug. 9 at Colonial Downs.

Two years after Magic Cap Stables bought Fort Washington from the 2023 Fasig-Tipton July Horses of Racing Age Sale for $260,000, the horse has ascended to become a top-level stakes winner, taking the Arlington Million (G1T) Aug. 9 at Colonial Downs.

In what was an anticipated clash between grade 1 winner Be Your Best and multiple graded stakes victress Beach Bomb, it was the up-and-coming Charlene’s Dream who stole the show in the Aug. 9 Beverly D. Stakes (G2T) at Colonial Downs.

The New York Racing Association Aug. 9 announced the renaming of the $750,000 Sword Dancer Stakes (G1T) to honor the life and legacy of Christophe Clement. Beginning in 2026, the race will be known as the Christophe Clement Turf.

El Cordobes split horses in deep stretch and prevailed in a dramatic finish to capture the $750,000 Sword Dancer Stakes (G1T) Aug. 9 at Saratoga Race Course.

Preakness Stakes (G1) and Haskell Stakes (G1) winner Journalism breezed a half-mile in :48 2/5 Aug. 9 at Del Mar. His upcoming race target has not yet been announced.

Two weeks removed from his fourth win of the year in the Jim Dandy Stakes (G2), Sovereignty resumed breezing Aug. 9 over the Oklahoma Training Track at Saratoga Race Course as he prepares for the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) Aug. 23.

Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott discusses Sovereignty’s first breeze back from his Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) win and the path forward to the Aug. 23 Travers Stakes (G1). Sovereignty breezed four furlongs in :48.89.

Amo Racing and jockey David Egan celebrated back-to-back graded wins with Power Blue in the Phoenix Stakes (G1) and Bucanero Fuerte in the Phoenix Sprint Stakes (G3) Aug. 9 at the Curragh.