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In the first major stakes for 3-year-olds following the Triple Crown, favored Verrazano was a romping winner of the $148,500 Pegasus Stakes June 16 after his main challenger, Itsmyluckyday, was pulled up on the Monmouth Park backstretch.

Dance to Bristol danced to an easy victory and represented her owner and trainer with their first graded stakes score in the June 15 Bed o' Roses Handicap at Belmont Park.

Repole Stable's Notacatbutallama found his way back to the winner's circle for the first time since last November and added a grade to his resume in the meantime, rallying to take the $150,000 Hill Prince Stakes at Belmont Park on June 15.

After winning his previous start by more than 10 lengths, Souper Speedy found a different route to the winner's circle June 7 in the $147,000 Jaipur Stakes over a sloppy track at rainy Belmont Park.

Grade 3-placed Giant Finish turned in his final serious work for the Belmont Stakes June 4, breezing a half-mile on the Belmont Park main track under Racing Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado, who will be aboard for the June 8 race.

S.A.Y. Racing LLC's Tiz a Minister put in a furious rally from the back of the field in Sunday's Grade 3, $100,750 Affirmed Handicap to post a one-length win on the Hollywood Park wire under jockey Corey Nakatani.

Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum and Kevin Tsujihara's Comma to the Top wired the field as the 3-5 favorite in Monday's Grade 3, $100,250 Los Angeles Handicap at Hollywood Park.

Coffeepot Stables' Imposing Grace reeled in her first ever stakes victory in Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Arlington Matron at Arlington Park as the 8-1 longshot paid $19.20, $9 and $5.40 to her supporters.

William Stiritz's Hogy settled behind the dueling leaders of Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Hanshin Cup.

Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Dark Cove surged to the lead leaving the far turn and gamely repelled late bids from Atigun and Najjaar to prove best in Saturday's Grade 3, $111,800 Louisville Handicap at Churchill Downs.

Running for the first time in 2013, Michael Dubb's Sage Valley earned his fourth straight victory in a row when he took the $150,000 Maryland Sprint Handicap at Pimlico Race Course May 18.

Summer Applause ground her way to the lead in the stretch in the $148,500 Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes Presented by Toyota, then held off Sea Island for a two-length win May 18 at Pimlico Race Course.

Benefiting from a quick start, Pianist set a fast pace en route to a gate-to-wire victory in the $150,000 Gallorette Handicap Presented by Kaiser Permanente on the May 18 Preakness Stakes undercard at Pimlico Race Course.

Odds-on choice Last Gunfighter collared pacesetter Eighttofasttocatch in the final furlong and drew off by 4 ¼ lengths for his sixth consecutive victory May 17 in the $300,000 Pimlico Special in Baltimore, Md.

With seven 3-year-old fillies contending in mid-stretch, Maggi Moss's So Many Ways proved best late to win the $150,000 Eight Belles Stakes presented by Xerox Friday, May 3 at Churchill Downs by a half-length over Fusaichiswonderful.

In what he surely hopes is an omen for the Kentucky Derby a week hence, trainer Todd Pletcher's colts Forty Tales and Capo Bastone ran first and second, respectively, in the $201,425 Derby Trial Stakes on the night of April 27 at rainy Churchill Downs.