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Elysian Field, under Sahin Civaci, unleashed a spirited stretch run to take all the spoils in the 68th running of the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks  for Canadian-bred fillies on  Sunday at Woodbine.

Michael Dubb’s Therapist Struck for his first win at the highest level Saturday when running down favorite Catnip to score in the $600,000 United Nations (G1) at Monmouth Park.

The 2-Year-Old Sale Sire Power Rankings have typically spotlighted the top five horses on the chart after a given sale, but with 121 stallions in the final rankings, there are plenty of others to recognize and celebrate.

BREEDING INSIGHTS: A trio of bluebloods to keep an eye on 2023-07-21

Clairiere enters from Grade 1 wins traveling 1 1/16-miles in the Apple Blossom Handicap and the Ogden Phipps in June at Belmont Park.

For a second straight year, Triple Crown winner Justify has finished the season atop the 2-Year-Old Sale Sire Power Rankings.

“She was very competitive, and I think she just kept improving every time we ran her last year,” Motion said

He’spuregold rallied from off the pace to collar There Are No Words in the final sixteenth of a mile to win Sunday’s $85,000 Irish War Cry Handicap – the third straight year the Kelly Breen-trained son of Vancouver has won the race for New Jersey-breds.

Skinner, who has been scratched twice since finishing a close third in the Santa Anita Derby, tops a field of six in the Los Alamitos Derby.

Dual graded stakes winner Mission of Joy enters from a 1 1/2-length triumph in the Grade 3 Regret on June 3 at Churchill Downs