Stilleto Boy stuck it to the opposition in the $250,000 Iowa Derby at Prairie Meadows July 2, leading throughout under Jose Ortiz.

Running in the second-to-last race on a July 2 Festival of Racing night card at Prairie Meadows, Knicks Go was simply out for an evening stroll in the $300,000 Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap (G3).

Michael Lund Petersen’s champion Gamine will look for her fourth consecutive graded victory when she competes in the $200,000-guaranteed Great Lady M Stakes (G2) July 5 at Los Alamitos Racecourse.

Two sharp triumphs in as many starts have given Terry Finley of West Point Thoroughbreds faith that First Captain can rise to the occasion July 5 in the 104th running of the $250,000 Dwyer Stakes (G3) at Belmont Park.

Otter Bend Stables’ grade 1-winner Gufo will stretch out in distance July 5 for the inaugural running of the $150,000 Grand Couturier Stakes, a 1 1/2-mile Widener turf test for older horses at Belmont Park.

Bueno Bueno won a 5 1/2-furlong maiden claiming race July 2 at Ellis Park by an impressive 7 1/4 lengths in his second lifetime start.

Recent Hardwicke Stakes (G2) runner-up Broome and Belmont Gold Cup (G2T) victor Baron Samedi will bid to become the first Irish-trained winner of the July 4 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (G1) at Saint-Cloud Racecourse.

Yet even with the enhanced expectations attached to a massive operation that spans four continents, what Godolphin has already accomplished with its United States division in the first six months of 2021 is startling.

Otter Bend Stables’ grade 1-winner Gufo will stretch out in distance July 2 for the inaugural running of the $150,000 Grand Couturier Stakes, a 1 1/2-mile Widener turf test for older horses at Belmont Park.

Trainer Brad Cox introduces the Uncle Mo half sister to Essential Quality