Charlie Appleby and William Buick completed a classic double when landing the One Thousand Guineas (G1) with Desert Flower at Newmarket May 4. The Godolphin trainer and jockey won the Two Thousand Guineas (G1) with Ruling Court Saturday.

Report from Japan

Trainer Michael McCarthy said he and the owners will consider the May 17 Preakness Stakes (G1) with Journalism depending how he bounces out of the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1).

Redentor led a quartet of 4-year-olds across the finish line in the Tenno Sho (Spring) May 4 at Kyoto Racecourse, marking a turn of the generational page among Japanese stayers.

Sovereignty emerged from his come-from-behind victory in the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1) in good condition aside from what trainer Bill Mott believes to be a superficial scrape to his right foreleg.

In the heat of battle against Journalism, jockey Junior Alvarado lost track of how many times he had used the riding crop on Sovereignty, going over the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s six-hit limit while winning the Kentucky Derby (G1).

The son of leading sire Into Mischief is owned and bred by Godolphin, which won its first Kentucky Derby (G1), and trained by Bill Mott, who won his second Derby. He won with Country House in 2019.

Perennial leading sire Into Mischief sired his third Kentucky Derby (G1) winner May 3 when Godolphin homebred Sovereignty splashed to a 1 1/2-length victory over Journalism at Churchill Downs.

Despite a rain-soaked day, the 151st Kentucky Derby (G1) managed to set handle records for the race, the day, and the week as Sovereignty claimed the roses.

Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races has canceled the remainder of its May 3 card after an extended weather delay.