Blood-Horse

It took every inch of the 1 3/4-mile distance, but Planetario got up in time to repeat in the $100,000 San Juan Capistrano Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park June 16 while breaking his own track record.

Memories from last year pervade through Givemethebeatboys, the auction-topping colt who made US$1,395,585 to Bronsan Racing when offered to a who's-who of the global racing community.

Working for Bob Baffert were Arabian Knight, who worked a bullet five furlongs in :59 1/5, and Reincarnate who went four furlongs in :49 1/5. Arabian Knight has been sidelined since a fourth-place finish in the Nov. 4 Breeders' Cup Classic.

Three Chimneys Farm's grade 1 winning stallion Volatile was represented by his first winner June 16 as Aguas de Cristal won the fifth race, a five-furlong maiden special weight, at Monmouth Park.

Sparkling Plenty showed a superb burst of speed from the back of the pack to run down co-favored Tamfana in a scrambled finish in the Prix de Diane (G1) at Chantilly June 16.

As much as trainer Chad Brown exited the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival with a couple of grade 1 victories, there was also a case of classic disappointment.

Having become his sire's first group 1 winner in the Southern Hemisphere, and second globally, when landing Randwick's Champagne Stakes (G1) in April, the Godolphin homebred Broadsiding took his form to even further heights June 15.

Rebounding from an 11th-place finish in the Kentucky Oaks (G1), Courtlandt Farms' Our Pretty Woman fended off a stretch bid from graded stakes winner Intricate to win the $173,700 Monomoy Girl Overnight Stakes June 15 at Churchill Downs.

Making his first start since November, Bright Future asserted his class late with a rail-skimming victory in the $155,000 Salvator Mile Stakes (G3) June 15 at Monmouth Park.

It's not unusual for a Thoroughbred to show versatility in different races. But Juddmonte's homebred filly Accede managed to check several boxes in winning the $200,000 Bed o' Roses Stakes (G2) for older fillies and mares.

Whether they are competing at Saratoga, Aqueduct, or Monmouth, the combination of Klaravich Stables and Chad Brown continues to be successful in the northeast. They won with Tax Implications in the June 15 Eatontown Stakes (G3T) at Monmouth Park.

Mentee's speed was as good as advertised, if not better, in his June 15 debut. A homebred for Repole Stable, the full brother to champion Fierceness led the charge at every call and blazed the five furlongs in record time at Aqueduct Racetrack.

After competing in the first two legs of the Triple Crown, Catching Freedom catches easier in the June 22 Ohio Derby (G3) at Thistledown. He leads a field of 10 3-year-olds racing 1 1/8 miles.

With on-site coverage, FanDuel TV will televise the entire meeting from Royal Ascot from June 18-22.

David Menuisier and Charlie Appleby have differing levels of experience when it comes to preparing classic contenders, but they present fillies that have shown themselves already to be genuine group 1 caliber in an open-looking Prix de Diane (G1). 

WinBlaze's Goosebumps became the first winner for freshman sire Tom's d'Etat in breaking her maiden in the third race at Belterra Park June 15. 

Grade 1-winning fillies Vahva, Society, and Chi Town Lady vie in the $250,000 Chicago Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs.

Gulfstream Park will resume racing June 16, with a 10-race program after the track canceled racing June 13-15 due to record rainfall that saturated the South Florida area.

While two major legal actions seeking invalidation of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act are in hiatus pending further rulings, a lesser-known proceeding was argued in court this week.

Norman Stables' Secret Faith provided freshman stallion Aurelius Maximus with his first winner when she captured her debut June 14 in a maiden special weight at Evangeline Downs.