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Bella Sofia returns to the site of her first Grade 1 score in Wednesday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Honorable Miss Handicap, a six-furlong sprint for older fillies and mares at Saratoga Race Course.

Ce Ce will follow a formula for proven success when she defends her title in Saturday’s Princess Rooney Invitational (G2) at Gulfstream Park.

Trained by Rudy Rodriguez and ridden to victory by Luis Saez, Bella Sofia defeated runner-up Obligatory by a half-length on the wire.

Jockey Luis Saez earned his 3,000th career victory when Rudy Rodriguez trainee Funny Joke remained undefeated with a neck victory in Race 6 on Sunday at Belmont Park.

Juddmonte’s Obligatory brings a three-race win streak into Friday’s $300,000 Bed o’ Roses (G2), a seven-furlong sprint for older fillies and mares at Belmont Park on the second day of the three-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival.

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Grade 1 winner Bella Sofia tenaciously outdueled Frank’s Rockette down the stretch to make a triumphant return off the layoff in Saturday’s $150,000 Vagrancy Handicap (G3), a 6 1/2-furlong sprint over the main track for older fillies and mares at Belmont Park.

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J. Keeler Johnson shares picks for a quintet of Saturday graded stakes at Belmont Park.

The weekend's graded stakes action is dominated by New York's Belmont Park, which has five stakes carded on Saturday.