Acclimate went wire-to wire June 23 to win the $100,702 San Juan Capistrano (G3T) two races after Majestic Eagle rallied to win the American Stakes (G3T). Both horses earned their first stakes victories.

Rinaldi entered the June 23, $150,000 New York Stallion Stakes with only one start to his name. After finishing third on debut earlier this month, the Posse gelding returned to Belmont Park’s turf for a 10-1 upset in the Sunday feature.

One day after The Stronach Group gave Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer 72 hours to vacate Santa Anita Park, the New York Racing Association announced it planned to honor the agreement it had with Hollendorfer for Belmont and Saratoga stalls.

Investec Derby (G1) winner Anthony Van Dyck and Broome, who finished fourth in the Epsom classic, will head Aidan O’Brien’s bid for a 13th Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (G1) win June 29 at the Curragh.

Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen has been sued by the United States Department of Labor for allegedly violating the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 by underpaying over 100 grooms and hotwalkers in New York.

Lys Gracieux easily drew clear to win the June 23 Takarazuka Kinen (G1) by three lengths at Hanshin Racecourse, earning a berth in both the Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1T) and the W.S. Cox Plate (G1) in Australia.

A few days of rain and a slightly softer turf proved to be the perfect combination for Cloros Bloodstock’s Simply Breathless, who picked up her first graded score in the $101,755 Wilshire Stakes (G3T) June 22 at Santa Anita Park. 

Sean Shay and Michael Ryan’s Hunter O’Riley rallied widest in the stretch and prevailed in the final strides over Michael Hui’s Zulu Alpha in the 66th running of the $310,000 United Nations Stakes (G1T) at Monmouth Park June 22.

Mia Mischief, winner of the Humana Distaff Stakes (G1) on Kentucky Derby Day, ran shoulder-to-shoulder with swift pace-setter Covfefe and put away the 2-5 favorite to win the $120,100 Roxelana Overnight Stakes at Churchill Downs June 22.

A jockey’s instinct proved a winning one June 22 at Monmouth Park, as Jose Lezcano changed up his riding tactics on Monongahela to take the $150,000 Philip H. Iselin Stakes (G3).

Daughter of Dansili returned to winning ways June 22 at Belmont Park.

Rupp Racing’s Owendale went off as the 3-5 favorite in the $500,000 Ohio Derby (G3) June 22 at JACK Thistledown Racino, but the Into Mischief colt was stuck behind a wall of horses in the second turn after racing in last.

Victory for a yard favorite means that bit more, and Defoe did his popularity no harm in producing a career-best performance to land the June 22 Hardwicke Stakes (G2).

Epic Racing’s Valedictorian returned home to score decisively in the $165,000 Eatontown Stakes (G3T) June 22 at Monmouth Park. The New Jersey-bred mare followed the success of her dam, Smart N Classy, who won the Eatontown in 2005.

Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer has been ruled off from facilities owned by The Stronach Group, which released a brief statement June 22 in the wake of another equine fatality at Santa Anita Park.

Sean Shay and Michael J. Ryan’s Hunter O’Riley rallied widest in the stretch and prevailed in the final strides over Michael M. Hui’s Zulu Alpha in the 66th running of the $300,000 United Nations Stales (G1T) at Monmouth Park June 22.

Victory for a yard favorite means that bit more, and Defoe did his popularity no harm in producing a career-best performance to land the June 22 Hardwicke Stakes (G2).

Only a head separated the winner from the charging Dream of Dreams, yet the final winning distance did nothing to diminish the remarkable achievement of Blue Point, a magnificent sprinter and now indisputably a Godolphin great.

Each Saturday NTRA and BloodHorse provide a one-stop guide to the day’s graded stakes races. Races are listed in chronological order (all times Eastern).