After a season-long duel, Zac Purton ended Joao Moreira’s run as Hong Kong’s champion jockey, as he held on through the final program of the year July 15 at Sha Tin for a two-win edge.

A change in tactics led to a change in fortunes for Slam Dunk Racing’s Axelrod in the $500,000 Indiana Derby (G3) July 14.

In the July 14 edition of the $200,000 Indiana Oaks (G3) at Indiana Grand, Talk Veuve to Me stopped hinting at her ability and made a clear cut statement with regards to her upside.

Brad Cox and Florent Geroux stayed busy the afternoon of July 14, scoring two of four consecutive $100,000 stakes on the Indiana Derby (G3) undercard at Indiana Grand Race Course. 

Karl Watson, Mike Pegram, and Paul Weitman’s Once On Whiskey grinded away on the outside and just found enough in the final furlong to edge Draft Pick, the last-out Affirmed Stakes (G3) winner, by a head at the wire.

Endeavor Bloodstock’s 2-year-old gelding Big Drink of Water scored his first stakes victory in the $100,000 Victoria Stakes July 14 at Woodbine.

In her first outing since last year’s Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1), Elate served notice when she galloped to a 3 1/4-length victory in the 1 1/4-mile Delaware Handicap (G2).

Jockey Manny Franco capped a three-win day with a sweep of both stakes for owner Barry K. Schwartz July 14, winning the $150,000 Forbidden Apple with Voodoo Song and the $100,000 Rockville Centre aboard La Fuerza.

In a wild, 1 1/8-mile trip over the Delaware Park turf, Golden Brown fired in the final lengths of the stretch to win the $200,000 Kent Stakes (G3T) and take home his first graded win. 

Kew Gardens capped a splendid day for Ballydoyle by winning the Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris (G1) at Longchamp July 14, fending off the persistent challenge of Neufbosc to justify favoritism.

U S Navy Flag carved himself a niche in racing history when he captured the July 14 Darley July Cup (G1), completing a Newmarket group 1 triple that includes his victories in last year’s Juddmonte Middle Park and Darley Dewhurst Stakes.

Multiple graded stakes winner Gunnevera, sidelined since his run in the March 31 Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline (G1), breezed five furlongs in 1:00 at Gulfstream Park West July 14 in preparation for a return to action.