David Flores got a handshake from Del Mar president Joe Harper and a pat on the back from fellow jockey Gary Stevens just after the second race, but he lingered around the winner’s circle for a while July 30 to soak in the moment with his family.

The ever-evolving complexion of this year’s 3-year-old male division ended up cycling back to one of its earlier standouts July 30 as Girvin caught McCraken in the Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1).

Iquitos scored his second top-level victory, besting Best Solution by 1 1/2 lengths in the Grosser Dallmayr-Preis Bayerisches Zuchtrennen July 30 at Munich.

Five years after he dusted a group of sophomores in the Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1), Paynter again scored on Haskell Day via Dark Artist, a 2-year-old filly who gave him his first win as a stallion, at Monmouth Park July 30.

Jim Dandy Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G2) winner Good Samaritan came out of the July 29 race in good shape, according to Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, and is headed to the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) Aug. 26.

Grade 1 winner Gun Runner breezed a half-mile in :49.33 the morning of July 30 at Saratoga Race Course to wrap up his major preparations for the Whitney Stakes (G1) Aug. 5.

Going off as the 4-5 favorite in his first start of the year, Money Multiplier ran as expected for trainer Chad Brown to win over five others in the $200,000 Monmouth Stakes (G2T) July 30 and earn his first graded stakes victory.

Five years after he dusted a group of sophomores in the Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1), Paynter again scored on Haskell Day via Dark Artist, a 2-year-old filly who gave him his first win as a stallion, at Monmouth Park July 30.

Roly Poly, on the lead but under pressure most of the way, prevailed at the end of the July 30 Prix Rothschild (G1) at Deauville, edging Via Ravenna (IRE) by a short neck.

A day after a rodeo of a race in the July 29 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1), the connections of the top horses involved are mostly looking forward.

It didn’t take long to find out who was the best of the three horses entered in the $200,000 Shuvee Handicap (G3) July 30 at Saratoga Race Course.

The stakes action at Monmouth Park on Haskell Day July 30 got off to a fast start with Sharp Azteca’s easy 7 1/2-length win in the 1 1/16-mile Monmouth Cup Stakes (G3).

A few strides into the $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) at Del Mar, champion sprinter Drefong dropped jockey Mike Smith to the main track. Even though he was ineligible to win after that point, the colt had an undisputed impact on who won the race.

Fresh off a record-setting performance in a Woodbine turf sprint claimer earlier this month, Kasuga looked to have the Royal North Stakes (G3T) wrapped up until a determined Jennifer Lynnette cut down a four-length lead in the stretch.

Tatters to Riches, a $1 million purchase at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales April sale of 2-year-olds in training, led at every call in his six-furlong debut July 29, but was under pressure until the late stages.

The 16-1 longshot in the field of seven, long-distance specialist Hunter O’Riley surged down the Saratoga Race Course stretch July 29 and managed to snag a win in the final strides of the $250,000 Bowling Green Stakes (G2T). 

Dragon Bay and jockey Gary Boulanger led from the gate to the wire to defeat heavy favorite Can’thelpbelieving in the $175,000 Nijinsky Stakes (G2T) at Woodbine July 29.

Ellas My Love crushed a field of 2-year-old Ontario-bred maidens in the fifth race at Woodbine July 29 to give his Canadian-bred, grade 1-winning sire Pool Play his first victory as a stallion.

Hindsight proves the racing community should have been ready for Good Samaritan to do exactly what he did in the $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga Race Course July 29