All Together Stable and Gary Andrew Grant’s Bahamian Girl became the first winner for freshman sire Bahamian Squall when she took a 4 1/2-furlong maiden race for 2-year-old fillies May 26 at Gulfstream Park.

Wood Memorial presented by NYRA Bets (G1) winner Tacitus breezed over the main track at 8:45 a.m. May 26 at Belmont Park, working in company with Multiplier.

Evangeline Downs hosted its annual celebration of the Louisiana-bred Thoroughbred May 25 with Louisiana Legends Night. There were eight stakes races with purses totaling $550,000, making it the richest night of the entire Thoroughbred season.

Hermosa completed a classic double as she made all for an impressive four-length success in the Tattersalls Irish One Thousand Guineas (G1) for Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore.

With the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (G1) two weekends away, 8-10 horses are currently lined up to contest the final leg of the Triple Crown at Belmont Park June 8.

Roger Barows, a previously unheralded Deep Impact colt, got the perfect trip and scored his first top-level win in the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby, G1) May 26 at Tokyo Racecourse.

Exultant ground out a 1 1/4-length victory in the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (G1) at Sha Tin May 26, his third group 1 victory of the season, but his connections have scrapped plans to travel to Japan.

It was a busy morning May 25 at Belmont Park as several contenders for the June 8 Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) put in work over the New York track.

Persistence paid off for Air Strike in the $201,053 Triple Bend Stakes (G2) May 25 at Santa Anita Park.

Jockey Patrick Husbands had confidence in Global Access heading into the Marine Stakes (G3), and the 3-year-old son of Giant’s Causeway did not disappoint.

A switch to jockey Tiago Pereira paid off nicely for the connections of Marckie’s Water as the California-bred horse took another big step forward with his new rider, winning the $200,000 Charles Whittingham Stakes (G2T) at Santa Anita Park May 25.

Pole Setter, a son of Take Charge Indy, controlled the pace and rolled to a convincing 1 1/4-length victory in the $100,000 Paradise Creek Stakes, a seven-furlong turf test for 3-year-olds at Belmont Park May 25.

On the same afternoon when Sunny Ridge was honored as the 2018 New Jersey-bred of the Year, he found an inviting hole on the rail and surged to victory over a determined Diamond King in the $150,000 Salvator Mile Stakes (G3).

A jump in class to graded stakes company wasn’t an issue for the streaking 5-year-old mare Honey Bunny, who rallied in deep stretch May 25 to win the $100,000 Winning Colors Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs.

One of the most productive claims in recent history, Jerry Hollendorfer’s Vasilika heads a field of seven fillies and mares in the $500,000 Gamely Stakes (G1T) May 27 at Santa Anita Park.

Green but game, Karak became the first winner for her sire, Karakontie, May 25 at Belmont Park.

Little Red Feather Racing, Gordon Jacobsen, and Philip Belmonte’s Red King will attempt to stretch his two-race win streak in his stakes debut in the $100,000 All American Stakes (G3), going a mile over the all-weather surface at Golden Gate Fields.

Delta Prince has shipped to Southern California to run in the $500,000 Shoemaker Mile Stakes (G1T) May 27 at Santa Anita Park.

For Giant Expectations, a 6-year-old son of Frost Giant, the $200,000 Commentator will be his first start at a New York Racing Association (NYRA) track since June 8, 2017 when he captured an allowance race for New York State-breds at Belmont Park.

When Gift Box edged McKinzie by a nose in the April 6 Santa Anita Handicap (G1) at Santa Anita Park, it marked the fifth major handicap division race in Southern California won by Hronis Racing and John Sadler.