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The Kentucky Derby field is all but set after weekend horse racing action -- with a couple newcomers crashing the party.

If ever a trainer "owned" a race, it's Bob Baffert and Los Alamitos' Group II Starlet Stakes for 2-year-old fillies, which Baffert won this weekend for the seventh straight time and 10th time overall.

Dormach and Life Talk entered the conversation about the 2024 Kentucky Derby and Oaks with big weekend wins as trainer Chad Brown notched another remarkable record at Del Mar.

The 40th running of the Breeders' Cup World Championships produced truly global results, with Europeans winning top turf races, Japanese horses well placed and the local brigade holding up its share of the bargain.

The world's top rated horse, Equinox, and Hong Kong star Romantic Warrior provided weekend horse racing thrills, while Breeders' Cup prepares for Monday's post-position draw for next weekend's World Championships.

Archangelo's decisive victory in Saturday's Travers Stakes boosted the late bloomer to the top of the 3-year-old division in a weekend filled with top-flight racing,

Arcangelo's impressive victory in Saturday's Belmont Stakes produced different winners in each Triple Crown race, left this year's 3-year-old championship well up for grabs.

Churchill Downs shut down racing and moved operations to Ellis Park after the weekend's card ran smoothly; Auguste Rodin proved his trainer's faith was not misplaced with a tremendous victory in the Epsom Derby.

Kentucky Derby favorite Forte was scratched the morning of the race because of concerns about a bruised foot.

It's been a smooth ride to the Kentucky Derby for Forte and fortune continued to smile on the 2-year-old champion Monday as he drew the No. 15 gate and was installed as the 3-1 morning line favorite.