Believing his horse was at a disadvantage in the race, trainer Todd Beattie scratched Fabulous Strike out of Sunday's Grade 2 Tom Fool Handicap at Belmont Park. Instead, Beattie will now point the 6-year-old gelding to the Grade 2 Alfred G. Vanderbilt at Saratoga on Aug. 9.

Zensational, the quick 3-year-old trained by Bob Baffert, will make his stakes debut in Sunday's $300,000 Triple Bend Handicap at Hollywood Park.

Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith has committed to ride Mine That Bird for at least his next two races, trainer Chip Woolley announced Saturday at Churchill Downs.

Musket Man, the third-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, is done for the year with a bone bruise.

The fact that the 6-year-old Presious Passion scored a repeat win in Saturday's Grade 1, $750,000 United Nations Stakes at Monmouth Park was a notable accomplishment. The way he won this time was stunning.

Ridden with confidence by Tyler Baze, Monterey Jazz disputed the early pace in the Grade 2 American Handicap on Saturday at Hollywood Park, pulled away on the backstretch, and won by a comfortable 3 1/4 lengths over 6-1 shot Artiste Royal.

Trainer Barclay Tagg decided against taking Dry Martini to Prairie Meadows for the Cornhusker Handicap, a race the 6-year-old won two years ago, to stay home for Saturday's Suburban Handicap. He was rewarded when Dry Martini ralied to score a two-length victory in the Grade 2, $400,000 race.