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It's a fairly quiet weekend for horse racing in the United States, but two Kentucky Derby prep races will draw their fair share of intrigue

Desert Dawn was most recently fifth in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Distaff Nov. 4, defeated by 1 ¼ lengths by winner Idiomatic.

Queen Ofthe Temple cuts back to a mile and one quarter on grass in Sunday’s $100,000 Possibly Perfect Stakes at Santa Anita.

A 4-year-old filly and one of two Phil D’Amato entrants, Going Global, the defending Goldikova champ, is a perfect two for two at one mile over the Santa Anita turf and is five for six over the Arcadia lawn.

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will send out the duo of Ganadora and Velvet Slippers in the $75,000-guaranteed Dark Mirage Stakes.

Going Global heads a field of eight fillies and mares 3 and up going 1 1/8 miles in Monday’s Grade 1, $400,000 Gamely Stakes at Santa Anita.

Long-fused Neige Blanche, who like her trainer, was born in France, overhauled familiar rival and favorite Queen Goddess in deep stretch to notch her second consecutive win in the $125,000 Santa Barbara Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita.

Two-time Grade II winner As Time Goes By will have six rivals in her return to Los Alamitos in the $100,000-guaranteed Bayakoa Stakes.

Weekend Lineup: Five Graded Stakes At Belmont Saturday Sponsored by: by NTRA | 05.07.2021 | 2:43pm TVG will be broadcasting racing throughout the weekend from Santa Anita and Gulfstream Park, and more. Fans can tune in on TVG, TVG2 and the Watch TVG app, which is available on Amazon Fire, Roku and connected Apple TV devices. “Americas Day at the Races” will be live on Saturday, May 8 on FS2 from 2-6:30 p.m. featuring the live programming at Belmont Park, which gets into full swin...