DEL MAR, Calif. – One measure of the brilliance of the upstart colt Flightline is that his two wins in as many races have come by a combined 26 lengths. Another is his Beyer Speed Figures of 105 for his debut and 114 for his win in an allowance race at Del Mar on Sunday.

Flightline ($2.40) was prominent throughout the six-furlong race, pulling clear on the turn and winning by 12 3/4 lengths in 1:08.05. Flightline’s Beyer equals the highest of the year in the nation. At Saratoga on Saturday, Baby Yoda earned a 114 for a win in an allowance race at 6 1/2 furlongs.

FRANKLIN, Ky. – The weight assignment for Got Stormy in the Turf Sprint on Saturday at Kentucky Downs has been adjusted from 125 pounds to 122 after racing officials credited her with an industry-standard three-pound allowance that goes to a filly or mare facing male rivals. She was listed at 125 on the Saturday overnight.

Got Stormy, fresh off a victory in the Grade 1 Fourstardave at Saratoga for Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse, will be turning back from a mile to six furlongs.

FRANKLIN, Ky. – Trainer Al Stall Jr. has sent Masqueparade to Camden, S.C., for several months of rest after the colt finished a well-beaten sixth in the Aug. 28 Travers at Saratoga. The son of Upstart won the Ohio Derby in June.

FRANKLIN, Ky. – Most jockeys would love to have an entire meet as productive as what Joel Rosario enjoyed in just one afternoon. Rosario was in from Saratoga to ride five winners on the Sunday opener at Kentucky Downs, including the Dueling Grounds Oaks on Adventuring, when compiling one-day mount earnings of $638,101.

“It was a great day,” said Rosario. “I give a lot of credit to my agent,” Ron Anderson. “He puts me on great horses and I just go out and do my job.”

FRANKLIN, Ky. – With both of them perhaps showing signs of age, Arklow and Zulu Alpha will meet for a remarkable 11th time Saturday in the showcase race of the Kentucky Downs meet, the $1 million Calumet Turf Cup.

Their 10 prior common races have resulted in Arklow finishing ahead of Zulu Alpha five times, and vice-versa. In a rivalry dating to the Muniz Memorial at Fair Grounds in March 2018, the long-distance turf pros have combined for more than $5 million in earnings, with Arklow amassing more than $2.75 million and Zulu Alpha nearly $2.27 million.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – There are many reasons the CTHS yearling and mixed sale at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, British Columbia, on Sept. 14 will be more successful than last year when 49 horses sold for a total of $639,600.

FRANKLIN, Ky. – Brad Cox was the leading trainer and Brian Hernandez Jr. was the leading jockey at the 31-day summer meet that ended Saturday at Ellis Park in western Kentucky.

With Jorgito Abrego serving as his on-site assistant while he summered at Saratoga, Cox was represented by 23 winners, nine more than runner-up Ian Wilkes. Cox, the 2020 Eclipse Award winner for outstanding trainer, also topped the standings at the Churchill spring meet.

Hernandez rode 28 winners, nine more than Florent Geroux. Calumet Farm was the leading owner with eight wins.

FRANKLIN, Ky. – The first winner Joe Sharp ever saddled came at Kentucky Downs on Sept. 10, 2014, when his future wife, Rosie Napravnik, booted home Holiday Drama to a 4 3/4-length score in a $15,000 claiming race.

Sharp has become a force in the seven years that have passed, with the huge opening-day performance of his stable demonstrating as much. With Napravnik and their two young sons on hand, Sharp saddled three winners and barely missed with a fourth Sunday.

FRANKLIN, Ky. – Pavel Matejka has won 60 races in a training career dating to 2005, with his two greatest wins coming in remarkably similar fashion.

Before Matejka saddled Accredit for a 36-1 upset of the $732,325 Dueling Grounds Derby on the opening-day card Sunday at Kentucky Downs, his biggest win had come nearly six years ago, when One Go All Go was a 35-1 winner of the $400,000, Grade 2 Commonwealth Derby at Laurel Park on Sept. 19, 2015.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - From becoming Thoroughbred racing’s all-time leading trainer by wins, to capturing four Grade 1 stakes and winning a personal-best 18 races at Saratoga, this will go down as one of the more memorable summers for Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen.