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Lost Ark notched the second stakes score of his career with his win in Saturday's $500,000 Jockey Club Derby at Belmont at the Big A.

Agate Road, Triple Espresso look to provide trainer Todd Pletcher with third straight G2 Pilgrim conquest at Aqueduct

Choctaw Racing acquired a filly by Bolt d’Oro for $127,000 to record the highest price of Thursday’s 10th session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

Was anyone cheering as hard for Nutella Fella in the Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga as racing man and sports gambler “Mattress Mack” McIngvale?

Trainer Gary Contessa, who sent out 21-1 maiden Becky’s Joker to capture the Schuylerville (G3) on opening day at Saratoga, successfully bookended the meet Monday when Bell Gable Stable’s Nutella Fella rallied to a 54-1 upset under Junior Alvarado to capture closing day's 300,000 Hopeful (G1), a seven-furlong sprint for juveniles.

Reigning champion 3-year-old filly Nest came back from a nearly nine-month layoff with aplomb to score in Sunday's $200,000 Shuvee (G2) for trainer Todd Pletcher, turning back the challenge of multiple Grade 1 winner Clairiere to capture the 1 1/8-mile test for older fillies and mares at Saratoga.

Dr Jack, a stakes-placed half-brother to champion Nest and Grade 1 winner Idol, will begin his stallion career at Haras El Embrujo in Peru.

Dreaming of Julia, dam of Grade 1 winner Malathaat and Grade 2 winner Julia Shining, was named the 2022 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year at the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association/Kentucky Owners and Breeders Kentucky-Bred Awards Dinner, held Wednesday evening in Lexington, Ky.

In her first try at 1 1/4 miles on turf and ridden for the first time by Flavien Prat, trainer Simon Callaghan’s Ballet Dancing stalked longshot Annaghlasa to the quarter pole, then took control from there before scoring a dominant 3½-length tally in Sunday’s $100,000 Santa Ana (G3) at Santa Anita

The 52nd annual Eclipse Awards were presented on Jan. 26, with the coveted champion 3-year-old male trophy going to Epicenter.