Patrick Moquin

Irish Maxima was reluctant to be saddled and caused a short delay before the $150,000 Dashing Beauty Stakes, but the 5-year-old mare was all business when she hit the track against three rivals at Delaware Park on Thursday.

Gulfstream Park will run its third of eight consecutive Monday programs on July 27, offering another mandatory payout on the 20-cent Rainbow 6. The multi-race wager featured six-digit pools for the first two Monday cards of the meet and is expected to again attract bettors with a healthy slate of races this week.

Jose D'Angelo made a bold decision to run the last-out maiden winner Azam in the Peter Pan . That start didn't go to plan, but if the colt can get back on track in an allowance Sunday at Gulfstream Park, it could re-energize his trainer's ambitions.

It may have taken 11 tries, but Inveigled finally picked up his first stakes victory on Saturday at Colonial Downs. With a perfect front-running ride under Paco Lopez, the Indiana-bred gelding came back in the stretch to win a thrilling photo finish over Barbadian Runner.

One could argue that Mashallah could have picked up her first stakes victory months ago, but trainer Brendan Walsh has resisted the temptation to push his precocious filly too soon. As a result, the 3-year-old entered the $100,000 Tyson Gilpin Stakes on Saturday at Colonial Downs as a more seasoned and dangerous competitor. She was again unchallenged.

With his win in the Grade 1 Arlington Million Stakes on Saturday at Colonial Downs, Burnham Square cemented himself as more than a dual-surface Grade 1 winner, or arguably the foremost turf runner in the United States, or a future Breeders’ Cup Turf contender. Trainer Ian Wilkes sees a potential future for his 4-year-old gelding that would carry more weight than any immediate label. He’s always getting closer to it.

I Feel Lucky went last to first to win the $100,000 Hickory Tree Stakes on Saturday at Colonial Downs. The juvenile gelding, who entered his second start as a maiden with no dirt experience, unleashed a scorching rally from well back in the stretch, leaving jockey Rajiv Maragh with the unenviable task of hanging on.

Burnham Square, who became a dual-surface Grade 1 winner with a gritty effort in the Arlington Million Stakes on Saturday, left Colonial Downs and returned to the Skylight Training Center in Kentucky on Sunday. Trainer Ian Wilkes said the 4-year-old gelding will likely stay in his home state the rest of the year.

Final Accord will finally get another shot at six furlongs in the $100,000 Shenandoah Stakes at Colonial Downs, while Ewing will try to pull himself together in the $100,000 Colonial Turf Dash.

Trainer Victoria Oliver has been meticulous in finding the right spot for Bracket Buster to make his 4-year-old debut. The colt will finally return in the $200,000 West Virginia Governor's Stakes on Sunday at Mountaineer Park.