Marcus Hersh

An American horse, Tepin, in 2016, has won the Queen Anne Stakes. An American-owned one has as good a chance as anyone in this year’s renewal, which will set in motion the five-day Royal Ascot meeting of 2024.

Coady Media Saturday Flirt, shown scoring a come-from-behind victory in her career debut at Keeneland, is Wesley Ward's representative in the Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot on Thursday.

Megan Coggin Kyprios won the Ascot Gold Cup in 2022 and after missing the race last year, he won this year's renewal Thursday at Royal Ascot.

From France to California to Florida with a sortie to Barbados, the 6-year-old gelding Cash Equity could find himself favored in the third race Friday at Churchill Downs.

No trainer has more Fleur de Lis Stakes wins than Bill Mott, and nearly no one would be surprised if Mott notches his fifth Saturday with Scylla.

The 6-year-old Argentine mare Didia ran the best race of her career – at least the North American part of it – winning the Grade 1 New York Stakes on June 7 at Saratoga, and Didia is going back for more.

No trainer took a harder hit when Churchill Downs Inc. shuttered Arlington Park in 2021 than Larry Rivelli, whose season revolved around the suburban Chicago racecourse. Even sans Arlington, Rivelli sent out 14 stakes winners during 2022 and again in 2023, but this year has brought greater struggle. Through July 2, Rivelli had only two stakes starters, neither of whom won, and Rivelli’s strong chance to get off the stakes duck, with Nobals in Friday’s $100,000 William Garrett Handicap, depends heavily on weather.

As poorly as Lotsandlotsofcandy ran debuting in April at Keeneland, she was equally brilliant winning second time out June 8 at Churchill Downs. And if the 3-year-old filly’s second start speaks to who she really is, she’ll win again Friday in the featured eighth race at Ellis Park.

His powerful Epsom Derby win in the rearview mirror and a potential Breeders’ Cup Classic start still beyond the horizon, City of Troy is set to run in Group 1 Eclipse Stakes on Saturday at Sandown Park in England.

At first glance, Impel looks like a slam dunk to win the Indiana Oaks. She’s run the fastest races, faced the strongest opposition, and the 7-5 morning-line price notwithstanding, she figures an odds-on favorite facing no more than seven foes Saturday at Horseshoe Indianapolis in the Grade 3, $250,000 Indiana Oaks.