Dual Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) winner Enable made a successful return to action in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes (G1) July 6 at Sandown, scoring by three-quarters of a length under Frankie Dettori to extend her winning streak to 10.

It will not take long for the fireworks to start at Saratoga Race Course as the opening Saturday of the 40-day meet may feature a showdown between two of the nation’s very best turf females.

The Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint (G3T) is already America’s most lucrative race for sprinters on grass outside of the Breeders’ Cup championship races. Now its winner could earn an additional $1 million.

Belmont Park features an all-graded stakes Pick 5.

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). Click on links for full preview.

When Don Chatlos walked out to the racetrack with OXO Equine’s Brill for the $139,500 Victory Ride Stakes (G3) at Belmont Park July 5, it was an experience unlike any other in his life as a horseman.

Thanks to Royal Charlotte, Chad Brown is sitting rather pretty for Saratoga’s $500,000 Longines Test Stakes (G1), the seven-furlong showdown for the 3-year-old division’s top female sprinters Aug. 3.

West End Girl became the first winner for her later-maturing sire Golden Horn when she won a seven-furlong fillies’ novice stakes under Franny Norton July 5 at Haydock.

The path to Paris and a tilt at winning the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) for a record third time starts with the July 6 Coral Eclipse (G1) for Enable.

Miss J McKay became her sire’s first winner in her first start. She is also her dam’s first runner and winner.

Cable Bay’s first crop have already begun with a spark and Highclere Stud’s stallion claimed his first stakes winner July 5 with a performance from Liberty Beach at Sandown that had trainer John Quinn excited.

It was not long ago that horses from Japan appeared in American stakes races about as often as Congressional elections roll around. Yet so far in 2019, runners from Japan have been involved in American races at an unparalleled rate.

The man who became arguably racing’s most famous face finally succumbed to ill health the morning of July 5 when the incomparable John McCririck died at age 79.

Churchill Downs ended its Spring Meet with record purses, an 11.4% increase in all-sources wagering, and an 8.8% increase in average field size to 8.5 starters per race.

While the favorites for July 6 Vodacom Durban July (G1) are well drawn, their trainers have some others concerns heading into Africa’s iconic racing event.

Second quarter purses are up a robust 9.17% but wagering still lags 3% compared with the same quarter of 2018.

Kitty Jak became the first winner for her sire, the grade 1-winning Kitten’s Joy son Admiral Kitten, when she took a $19,990 maiden claiming race for 2-year-old fillies July 4 at Gulfstream Park.