Robert Yates

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Oaklawn stakes winners First Mission and Skippylongstocking bid for their first Grade 1 victory in the nine-furlong $1 million G1-Stephen Foster Stakes Saturday at Churchill Downs.

Numerous Oaklawn-raced horses will celebrate the July 4 holiday weekend by competing in stakes races across the country.

His first two victories were cliffhangers. The record-tying third was more a coronation.

Oaklawn stakes winner Thorpedo Anna continued her march toward a division championship Saturday at Saratoga, cruising to a 4 ½-length victory in the $500,000 G1-Coaching Club American Oaks for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/8 miles.

HOT SPRINGS — The stars aligned for Oaklawn-raced Surveillance, who recorded his biggest career victory to date in the $300,000 G3-Troy Stakes Saturday at Saratoga.

Plenty of Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks qualifying points will be for grabs during the 2024-2025 Oaklawn meeting that begins Dec. 6.

Needing to find 4 ½ lengths in the rematch, Happy Is a Choice did that and a bit more, catching front-running favorite Skelly on the outside approaching the wire to capture the $300,000 Louisville Thoroughbred Society Stakes Saturday at Churchill Downs.

Pushed for one of the few times in her career, Thorpedo Anna, still delivered as expected, taking the lead in deep stretch and edging Gun Song by a neck to win the $1 million Cotillion Stakes (G1) for 3-year-old fillies Saturday at Parx.

Multiple Oaklawn stakes winner Jaxon Traveler surpassed $1 million in career earnings with a victory in the $100,000 David M. Vance Stakes at Remington Park. About 20 minutes later, powerful Oaklawn allowance winner Straight No Chaser delivered an emphatic victory in the $200,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship (G2).