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Nine-year-old Brass Hat will square off against 8-year-old Musketier and 7-year-old Presious Passion in a compelling 16th running of the $100,000 Sycamore.

Several prospects for the Coolmore Lexington Stakes had their final pre-race workouts Saturday, including Distorted Dave, a John Sadler-trained colt who figures as one of the top contenders for the Grade 2 race.

Not that the Grade 1 Beverly D. Stakes isn't a terrific race. It is. But an objective look at what directly precedes and follows the Beverly D. on the American stakes schedule says quite a bit about its ever-evolving stature.

I Want Revenge has been made the early 3-1 favorite for the Kentucky Derby, with Pioneerof the Nile and Dunkirk sharing second-favorite status in the full field of 20 horses.

The royals are big on anniversaries, which should make the 25th running of the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland a festive occasion. Thing is, the QE II is always something fancy, to which another killer renewal here Saturday can attest.

The glued-on poly-flex horseshoes worn by Big Brown and Pyro that have helped to make them two of the most well-regarded contenders in the 134th Kentucky Derby.

Two of the more prominent contenders for the 134th Kentucky Oaks were out for serious work Wednesday morning at Churchill Downs as speculation continued about the prospective field.

The eventual winner of the Kentucky Derby has wintered in south Florida the last two years, and three of the last five.

Bob Holthus has never had a serious contender for the Kentucky Oaks, but give him a little time, would you?

Indian Blessing drew an ideal post for her role as a lukewarm favorite in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies in a race in which several other key contenders drew tough starting assignments.

Kentucky Derby runner-up Hard Spun is slated to face his nemesis, Derby champion Street Sense, in the Kentucky Cup Classic at Turfway Park on Saturday.

The Lexington Stakes appears unlikely to produce a major contender for the Kentucky Derby, but nonetheless the Grade 2 Lexington is shaping up with a large cast for its 26th running.

Song of Navarone stamped himself as a plausible fringe contender for the Kentucky Derby by racing off to a 1 1/2-length victory Sunday in the showcase race at Sunland Park, the $600,000 WinStar Derby.

Song of Navarone stamped himself as a plausible fringe contender for the Kentucky Derby by racing off to a 1 1/2-length victory Sunday in the showcase race at Sunland Park, the $600,000 WinStar Derby.

The 12-horse lineup for the $200,000 Perryville Stakes starts with one major contender and ends with another.

With Shirocco apparently being the only potential contender to emerge from the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, the outlook for the $3 million Breeders' Cup Turf now shifts from Europe back to America, where a pivotal New York prep will be run Saturday without