DEL MAR, Calif. -  Songbird left trainer Jerry Hollendorfer thinking about top races in other parts of the United States after her authoritative win in Saturday’s $301,250 Del Mar Debutante Stakes for 2-year-old fillies.

In her stakes debut, Songbird ($4.20) had an ideal trip in the Grade 1 Debutante to win by 5 1/4 lengths over the stakes winner Pretty N Cool. Songbird ran seven furlongs in 1:22.65.

DEL MAR, Calif. – As goes trainer Peter Miller this summer at Del Mar, so goes Hollywood Don.

 Hollywood Don lost his debut owing to a slow start and wide trip early in the meet, but he has subsequently won twice, the most significant win coming on Saturday, when he captured the $101,500 Del Mar Juvenile Turf Stakes to stamp himself as the West Coast’s leading prospect for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf at Keeneland.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Todd Pletcher went into Saturday’s $600,000 Woodward Stakes believing it would be a great opportunity for Liam’s Map to win his first Grade 1 stakes while serving as a stepping-stone to the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile on Oct. 30.

After Liam’s Map set solid fractions all the way around and continued on to win the Grade 1 Woodward by 4 3/4 lengths over Coach Inge, Pletcher says he may have some thinking to do as it relates to the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at 1 1/4 miles. But he wasn’t about to think about it Saturday afternoon.

Maybe Gordon Lord Byron at age 7 isn’t quite the horse he was a year ago, but maybe he still is, and going six furlongs down the straight course at Haydock Park Racecourse always has agreed with Gordon Lord Byron.

DEL MAR, Calif. – With the belief that American Pharoah “deserves the chance to be in the sport’s premier year-end event,” his owner and breeder, Ahmed Zayat, confirmed Thursday that American Pharoah would remain in training and point to the Breeders’ Cup Classic, mirroring the comments trainer Bob Baffert made 48 hours earlier.

While Baffert came around sooner that Zayat, the final call was, ultimately, up to Zayat, who in the immediate aftermath of American Pharoah’s loss in the Travers Stakes last Saturday at Saratoga said he was leaning “60-40” toward retirement.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Honor Code, the Metropolitan Handicap and Whitney Stakes winner, will “most likely” make his next start in the Grade 2, $400,000 Kelso Handicap, a one-mile race at Belmont Park on Oct. 3, trainer Shug McGaughey said Tuesday.

In the days following the Aug. 8 Whitney, McGaughey said he was torn between the Kelso and the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup, run the same day at 1 1/4 miles.

Gleneagles, one of the best horses in Europe, is being pointed to the Breeders’ Cup Classic, trainer Aidan O’Brien announced Tuesday.

The 3-year-old colt, winner of the English 2000 Guineas in May, has been a miler during his excellent overseas career, but will try to stretch his stamina over the Classic’s 1 1/4 miles at Keeneland this fall if his connections’ plan holds.

DEL MAR, Calif. - Summer vacation ended spectacularly for Stellar Wind at Del Mar on Sunday.

In her first start since a win in the Grade 2 Summertime Oaks at Santa Anita on June 20, Stellar Wind was the comprehensive winner of the $100,250 Torrey Pines Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at a mile, a race she was expected to dominate.

Ridden by Victor Espinoza, Stellar Wind ($3) stalked the pace for the first half-mile and was not threatened late, winning by 4 1/4 lengths over 5-1 Big Book.

Grade 2 winner Stonetastic, narrowly beaten in her start in more than seven months about four weeks ago at Saratoga, will take her next step towards what her connections hope is a repeat trip to the Breeders’ Cup in a $90,000 race at Parx Racing on Tuesday.

The 4-year-old Stonetastic is the 5-1 morning-line favorite in a 6 1/2-furlong sprint open to third-level allowance and $40,000 claimers. She won the Grade 2 Prioress last summer and finished fourth after setting the pace at 3-1 odds in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint.

Trainer Mike Stidham’s barn will be shipping a number of Arlington-based horses out for graded stakes races in the coming weeks.

Katie’s Eyes, one of the top female turf sprinters, could run Sunday in the $100,000 Smart N Fancy at Saratoga but also is being considered for the Turf Amazon on Sept. 7 at Parx Racing. Katie’s Eyes most recently finished second, beaten a neck, while facing males in the Grade 2 Highlander at Woodbine.