Ramjet took the lead in the “Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby” with victory in the Hyacinth Stakes.

With many of Japan’s top dirt horses away in the Middle East, Peptide Nile led home a parade of long shots in the February Stakes (G1) Feb. 18 at Tokyo Racecourse.

Royal Delta Stakes

Racing with blinkers for the first time and making his first start as a 3-year-old, Sierra Leone catches Track Phantom to win the $400,000 Risen Star Stakes (G2) Feb. 17 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.

If her commanding performance in the Rachel Alexandra Stakes (G2) was any indication, Tarifa stands a fair chance at duplicating Pretty Mischievous’ feat in the Kentucky Oaks (G1).

Racing with blinkers for the first time and making his first start as a 3-year-old, Sierra Leone catches Track Phantom to win the $400,000 Risen Star Stakes (G2) Feb. 17 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.

Money Supply notches a fifth consecutive victory in upsetting favored Best Actor by a head in the $247,500 Mineshaft Stakes (G3) Feb. 17 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.

Final Furlong Farm and Madaket Stables’ Honor D Lady opened a commanding lead in the stretch and easily hung on to win the $154,000 Royal Delta Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park Feb. 17.

Sheldon Russell’s hands were full while picking where Apple Picker would mount her rally, but the daughter of Connect took home a basket full of the winner’s share of a $200,000 purse in the Barbara Fritchie Stakes (G3) at Laurel Park Feb. 17.

Imperatriz laid to rest doubts stemming from an unimpressive barrier trial in claiming her ninth elite-level win in the Feb. 17 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes at Flemington.