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Godolphin’s Speaker’s Corner, a Grade 1 winner in this year’s Carter Handicap (G1), tops a competitive field of 10 older horses that were entered in Saturday’s 30th running of the $300,000 Ack Ack (G3) at Churchill Downs.

2022 Jockey Club Derby Invitational Betting Odds and Contenders Preview: Nations Pride and Classic Causeway will face off once again in Saturday’s Caesars Jockey Club Derby (G3) at Aqueduct closing out the Caesars Turf Triple? Read it now on numberFire!

Classic Causeway and Nations Pride, who have each won one leg of the Caesars Turf Triple, will square off once more in Saturday’s Grade 3, $1 million Caesars Jockey Club Derby, to close out the lucrative series in the 12-furlong inner turf test for sophomores at the Belmont at the Big A fall meet.

Gaffalione, who celebrated his 28th birthday Monday, is poised to win his second Kentucky Downs riding title in three years.

Joe Sharp came by his affinity for Kentucky Downs very early on in his training career. He made his first start there in 2014.

After matching strides throughout the stretch, 6-5 favorite Twilight Blue emerged as a narrow head winner over tracking stablemate Intrepid Heart in Saturday’s inaugural running of the $200,000 Fort Larned for 3-year-olds and up at Churchill Downs.

Sensational turf sprinter Golden Pal will attempt a stakes victory at Saratoga Race Course for the third straight year in Friday’s $300,000 Troy (G3) for 4-year-olds and upward sprinting 5 1/2 furlongs over the Mellon turf.

Bruce Lunsford’s Art Collector takes on three other graded stakes winners in Thursday’s $135,000 Alydar, a nine-furlong test for older horses who have not won a stakes other than state-bred in 2022, at Saratoga Race Course.

Gelding captures featured Rick Violette by a head.

Tyler Gaffalione’s banner year continued at theChurchill Downs Spring/Summer meet where he earned his 8th leading rider title