Happy Jack wore the hood in three of his first four starts before trainer Doug O’Neill opted to remove them before the Run for the Roses. Happy Jack was never a factor, finishing 14th at odds of 23-1.

Trainer Chad Brown and owner Seth Klarman are hoping there will be déjà vu blooming along with Black-Eyed Susans this weekend at Pimlico Race Course.

Making his first start since his victory in the 2021 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T), Modern Games came back with a vengeance to win the Emirates Poule d’Essai des Poulains (G1) at Longchamp May 15 for trainer Charlie Appleby.

Beyond the Wire, a Maryland-based Thoroughbred aftercare program that recently celebrated retiring its 500th horse, has been selected to receive the 2022 Special Award of Merit.

Juddmonte’s homebred Mandaloun, winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1), is back on the Churchill Downs work tab following his ninth-place finish in February’s $20 million Saudi Cup (G1).

Hawthorne Racecourse, Illinois horsemen, agree to cut back spring racing dates.

Mangoustine denies Cachet in her quest to complete the English-French One Thousand Guineas (G1) double May 15 at Longchamp.

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2T) winner Twilight Gleaming will likely join trainer Wesley Ward’s dynamic Royal Ascot-bound arsenal after her front-running victory in the May 14 $114,500 Mamzelle Overnight Stakes at Churchill Downs.

Andy Serling looks back at the Man o’ War and Peter Pan stakes races from Belmont on Saturday.

Japan’s popular white filly Sodashi earned starting rights in the Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) and two top-level races in France with a decisive victory over a top field in the Victoria Mile (G1) at Tokyo Racecourse May 15.