That was some show put on by three 3-year-olds last Saturday at Gulfstream Park. They all dominated, ran fast, and gave the strong hint that there is much more to come. Mohaymen was even better than advertised in the Holy Bull Stakes, leaving a Grade 1 winner in Greenpointcrusader like he was barely there and running right back to his career-best Beyer Speed Figure of 95, which he earned in the Remsen Stakes. Awesome Banner was awesome again in the Swale Stakes with a career-best 94 Beyer. The filly Cathryn Sophia looked like she might be in a bit of trouble on the backstretch of the Forward Gal Stakes until she exploded in the stretch to win going away while getting a 91 Beyer. The 3-year-olds at Santa Anita have some tough acts to follow this Saturday, but with the champion Songbird making her 3-year-old debut in the Las Virgenes Stakes and the talented Mor Spirit going in the Robert B. Lewis Stakes, we should have every expectation of more superior performances. Songbird was the fastest 2-year-old of 2015, and it wasn’t very close. No horse finished within four lengths of her as she won her four starts by a combined 22 lengths with ascending Beyers of 84, 85, 90, and 99. She might have some company near the front in the Las Virgenes, but she dominates in the numbers and demonstrated in her second race that she can run without a clear lead. It will be interesting to see how fast she might be able to run in 2016 if she ever gets tested. This really does not look like the spot since none of these fillies has ever run a Beyer as high as Songbird’s lowest number, so she has the rare “omni figs.” Mor Spirit looks like he is going to get a nice setup in the Lewis, with sprinting speedballs I Will Score to his inside and Uncle Lino to his outside ensuring a fast pace. Mor Spirit, however, is no lock, with a Beyer series of 83, 92, 85, and 88. He certainly is the most likely winner, especially with the trip he is likely to get and the stakes and route experience he has. But the Beyers do not really equate to Mor Spirit’s low price in the Lewis. The Donn Handicap at Gulfstream and the San Antonio Stakes at Santa Anita are competitive races for older horses on Saturday, but the best older horse (California Chrome) is already in Dubai getting ready for the World Cup. The Gulfstream race is much stronger than the Santa Anita race but has no apparent stars. Keen Ice, who makes his 4-year-old debut in the Donn, gave big efforts in 2015 against the best 3-year-olds, finishing his year with a Beyer series of 102, 104, 106, and 105. His lone win was the race everyone remembers, when he got a perfect setup in the Travers. He got by American Pharoah that day only because of circumstance. The other four times Keen Ice tried the Horse of the Year, he was beaten by a combined 32 lengths. There is no American Pharoah in the Donn, but this is a very solid and evenly matched group. It looks like it is going to take around a 105 Beyer to win. Other contenders in the Donn include Valid, Mexikoma, Mshawish, and Financial Modeling. I am a Valid fan. The horse loves Gulfstream, where he is 6 for 12. He is going to be near what looks like a moderate pace that should not be overly contested. Whenever Valid gets his head in front, he becomes very difficult to pass, and he has seven triple-digit Beyers in his last 12 races, a tribute to his consistency. Mexikoma got a career-best 107 Beyer in his Sunshine Millions Classic win last out. It was impressive in every way, but I will need to see it again before I am a true believer. Mshawish has found another life on dirt, and I am a believer after his 102 Beyer in the Cigar Mile and 104 in the Hal’s Hope. The horse looks very live. Financial Modeling was another who got a career-best Beyer in his last start, a 104 in a wire-to-wire job in the Queens County at Aqueduct. I don’t see that scenario or that Beyer here. California Chrome would have been 2-5 or less in the San Antonio against a slow and not very consistent group of older horses. Hoppertunity is in the midst of a strong Beyer series of 102, 104, 103, and 100, but the horse has not won in a year and could be hurt by a lack of pace. Hoppertunity could win and probably even should win, but I have no faith in him or really any of this group.