The ultra-talented Nysos attempts to stretch his speed in his longest test in the $300,000 San Diego Handicap (G2) at Del Mar.

Striving for back-to-back graded stakes victories, Fondly is set to battle six other 3-year-old fillies in the $250,000 Monmouth Oaks (G3), a 1 1/16-mile race July 26 on dirt at Monmouth Park.

Morning-line favorites Bellezza and La Mehana, plus longshot Sacaya, give trainer Miguel Clement three opportunities to win the 1 1/2-mile Glen Falls Stakes (G2T) July 27 at Saratoga.

Five of the eight starters have previously competed in the Eddie Read, including 2023 winner Gold Phoenix.

Chancer McPatrick wasn’t the buzz horse in the Curlin Stakes; it was stablemate Strategic Focus. But following a dramatic finish to the 1 1/8-mile race July 24 at Saratoga Race Course, it was Chancer McPatrick owning the head victory over So Sandy.

Next spring, NBC Sports will showcase the 2026 Kentucky Oaks (G1), the sister race to the Kentucky Derby (G1), during its prime-time evening hours for the first time, Churchill Downs Inc. announced July 24.

Proceeds from the evening directly benefit the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation and the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund.

A rematch between Jan Brueghel and Calandagan is on after both big guns were among the final field for the July 26 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1), which also drew 2024 U.S. champion turf male Rebel’s Romance back to Ascot Racecourse.

Jockey Tyler Conner was hospitalized following a spill in the seventh race July 24 at Colonial Downs.

Barring any scratches from his upcoming scheduled mounts or any pick-up mounts, he will surpass the existing record for most rides by a North American jockey in the eighth race at Belterra Park July 26 aboard Leave It to Kitten.