When a 2-year-old filly who is a half sister to the 2022 Belmont Stakes (G1) winner makes her debut at Saratoga Race Course it creates a buzz. Source

Multiple grade 1 winner City of Light was represented by his first winner July 31 when Three Diamonds Farm and Joseph Besecker’s Roja Ligera surged to a 1 1/4-length victory in a 5 1/2 furlong maiden special event at Ellis Park. Source

For those in trainer Todd Pletcher’s camp, the feeling entering the July 31 Monmouth Oaks (G3) at Monmouth Park was that it was a two-horse race between Shahama and the Brad Cox-trained Juju’s Map. Source

A day after the Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) added some clarity to the 3-year-old picture, little has changed in terms of plans that will take the four starters to either the Aug. 27 Runhappy Travers Stakes (G1) or the Sept. 24 Pennsylvania Derby (G1). Source

Whisper Hill Farm’s Charge It had his first work since his smashing 23-length win in the Dwyer Stakes at Belmont Park. The son of Tapit has the Travers as his next goal. Source

Jockey Richard Mitchell was taken by ambulance to Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch for X-rays for a possible right clavicle fracture after being unseated from his mount July 31 in the sixth race at Monmouth Park. Source