Topic: Richard Mandella

It was a big weekend for turf racing from Virginia to Kentucky to California, with Cogburn and Grand Sonata picking up Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" spots along the way.

With heavy rain forcing the postponement of the King's Plate in Canada, 3-year-old fillies took center stage in weekend horse racing.

It's no surprise some promising 3-year-olds should show up on Haskell Preview Day at Monmouth Park, but this weekend's performance was a double-barreled triumph for trainer Todd Pletcher.

The Kentucky Derby standings have been roiled by last week's upsets and the banishment of trainer Bob Baffert by Churchill Downs, and this week's official prep race in Florida likely won't do much to sort that out.

Drum Roll Please and Muth, racing a continent apart, added their names to the Top 10 on the Road to the Kentucky Derby leaderboard in weekend action.

French Derby winner Ace Impact swept to a dramatic victory in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Sunday in Paris, capping a weekend of racing that saw 10 Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" races, many for 2-year-olds.

Breeders' Cup had seven "Win and You're In" races on the weekend card. and one of them looks to have landed a prime attraction in English and Irish Derby winner Auguste Rodin from the powerful Coolmore partners.

Geau Rocket ride and Scotland joined the crowded top ranks of 3-year-olds with weekend victories, defeating rivals who had been through the Triple Crown wars; all the weekend horse racing, recapped right here.

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.

Trainer Bob Baffert saddled the first three finishers in Sunday's Sham Stakes at Santa Anita, a stop on the "Road to the Kentucky Derby."