Topic: Frank Alvarado

Memorial Day weekend racing was filled with thrills from East Coast to West Coast, with trainer Bob Baffert having an especially good holiday at Santa Anita.

West Will Power won the $1 million Grade I Stephen Foster, Fort Bragg took the Dwyer Stakes and Auguste Rodin won the Irish Derby in weekend horse racing highlights.

As the horse racing world eagerly awaits Tuesday's Royal Ascot meeting, a pair of 3-year-olds stole the weekend spotlight an ocean apart.

Late-blooming 2-year-olds Havnameltdown and Justique posted nice victories at Del Mar to highlight weekend horse racing; Golden Sixty won in Hong Kong and Serifos in Japan, setting up a potential showdown next month.

Some feisty American 3-year-olds upheld national honor against foreign invaders in the big New York turf races this weekend but the competition will get tougher as the series heads to Saratoga.

Stilleto Boy, Brickyard Ride, Beyond Brilliant and War Like Goddess turned in sparkling performances in weekend horse racing as the Kentucky Derby contenders put in their final workouts for Saturday's big race.

Weekend horse racing showcased some potential stars of 2022, from 2-year-olds up the ladder to older horses like Serve the King, Obligatory and Azul Coast, looking toward the big races of the New Year.

Two-year-olds were on display from coast to coast in weekend horse racing, with potential contenders for the 2022 Kentucky Derby and Oaks and Queen's Plate prominent among them.

A brilliant holiday weekend of racing ended in a burst of fireworks Monday, with Gamine and Gufo posting convincing wins and First Captain bidding to join the ranks of top 3-year-olds during the summer at Saratoga.

Memorial Day racing wound up with a bang at Santa Anita with Smooth Like Strait earning the first U.S. Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" berth and Country Grammer and Maxim Rate landing the other Group 1 races.