A look at the career of Letruska, as she prepares to run in the Aug. 28 Personal Ensign Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.

John M. B. O’Connor’s Astronaut is eligible for one of the richest turf races in the world—the $4 million Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1T) at Del Mar Nov. 6—after winning the $302,500 Del Mar Handicap (G2T) Aug. 21.

Going Global shook off her first North American defeat and returned Aug. 21 at Del Mar to capture the $302,000 Del Mar Oaks (G1T), her fourth graded stakes victory and her first at the grade 1 level.

Fresh off the bench in his first start since October of 2020, Mo Forza added a sixth graded stakes score to his resume Aug. 21 and defended his title with a victory in the $300,000 Del Mar Mile (G2T) at Del Mar.

Engaging pacesetter Tizamagician at the head of the stretch, Hronis Racing’s Tripoli pulled clear down the lane to score a mild 6-1 upset in the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1) Aug. 21 at Del Mar.

Going Global shook off her first North American defeat and returned Aug. 21 at Del Mar to capture the $302,000 Del Mar Oaks (G1T), her fourth graded stakes victory and her first at the grade 1 level.

Code of Honor, the 2019 Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up and Travers Stakes (G1) winner, easily shook off the cobwebs from a seven-month layoff, rolling to a 2 1/2-length victory in the Aug. 21 $250,000 Philip H. Iselin Stakes (G3) at Monmouth Park.

First Empire took charge around the final turn in the Soaring Free Stakes at Woodbine and held off Degree of Risk to score by 1 3/4 lengths. In doing so, the juvenile colt became the first black-type winner for Ashford Stud’s Classic Empire.

Going Global shook off her first North American defeat and returned Aug. 21 at Del Mar to capture the $300,000 Del Mar Oaks (G1T), her fourth graded stakes victory and her first at the grade 1 level.

Engaging pacesetter Tizamagician at the head of the stretch, Hronis Racing’s Tripoli pulled clear down the lane to score a mild 6-1 upset in the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1) Aug. 21 at Del Mar.