(Sunday, August 17) The $600,000 Alabama Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga lived up to its billing, as Proud Spell and Music Note hooked up in the stretch

(Sunday, August 10) Spirit One led at every pole in route to a gate-to-wire score in the $1 million Arlington Million (G1), and Europeans shipped in to sweep the top three spots in the 26th running

(Monday, August 4) The eight weeks between the Belmont Stakes and Sunday's $1 million Haskell Invitational

(Monday, July 28) Commentator became the second oldest racehorse to win the $750,000 Whitney Handicap (G1), taking the field gate to wire and earning a starting berth in the Breeders' Cup Classic

(Sunday, July 20) Sailor's Cap came into the $750,000 Virginia Derby (G2) at Colonial Downs on Saturday with a chance of winning the second leg of the Grand Slam of Grass

(Monday, July 14) The 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin made his much-anticipated turf debut on Saturday in the $500,000 Man o' War Stakes (G1) and ran a solid second, but was no match for Red Rocks.

Pure Clan made a good late rally to win the $750,000 American Oaks (G1) on Saturday at Hollywood Park, one of five graded stakes on the star-studded card. Bob Holthus trains the filly, a Kentucky mainstay, who won his first race in California.

Just days after finding out he will get a 15-day suspension after one of horses tested for an overage of clenbuterol in Kentucky, the controversial and outspoken trainer Richard Dutrow pulled off a huge upset in the $400,000 Suburban Handicap (G1) at Belmont Park with Frost Giant.

(Monday, June 23) When the skies opened up in New Kent, Va. on Saturday, trainer James Toner must have been thanking Mother Nature for the monsoon conditions

(Monday, June 16) The 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin ran his '08 record to a perfect 3 for 3 with a victory in Saturday's $750,000 Stephen Foster Handicap (G1)