Todd Pletcher registered a milestone 6,000th North American victory Aug. 8 at Saratoga Race Course when Versailles Road won the 14th and final race on the card as the sun was about to make its exit.

V. I. Araci’s homebred Glacius proves uncatchable in his North American debut at 9-1 odds in taking the $750,000 Saratoga Derby (G1T) Aug. 8 at Saratoga Race Course.

Rebounding from a pair of losses to begin his 4-year-old campaign, Godolphin’s reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty closes from the back of the pack to wallop the opposition in the Whitney Stakes (G1) Aug. 8 at Saratoga Race Course.

Taking aim at pacesetting Mi Bago in the stretch, Deterministic kicks clear through the lane to capture the $750,000 Fourstardave Stakes (G1T) Aug. 8 at Saratoga Race Course for the second consecutive year.

Cut loose by jockey Flavien Prat in the stretch after pressing the pace three wide, Explora cruises to an easy victory in the Aug. 8 Test Stakes (G1) for 3-year-old fillies at Saratoga Race Course.

Airdrie Stud reports that its fast-rising stallion Girvin, who won the 2017 Haskell Stakes (G1), died suddenly Aug. 8 at the farm near Midway, Ky. He was 12.

With Benvenuto Cellini taking Aidan O’Brien’s Irish Derby (G1) tally to 18, the onus is now on Sun Goddess to strike in the Aug. 9 Phoenix Stakes (G1) and restore parity between two races the trainer has historically dominated.

2025 Del Mar Futurity (G1) winner Brant has been retired from racing and will enter stud next year at Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa.

Jockey Emisael Jaramillo quickly made his mark in Southern California and sustained the momentum at Del Mar, where he recently won the Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) July 25 aboard Listenupshance.

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