After bypassing the first leg of the New York Racing Association’s new Turf Trinity series, Leonard Green’s A Thread of Blue was back in top form Aug. 4 and led every step of the $1 million Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes at 13-1.

Tracy Farmer’s Perfect Alibi took advantage of a seam between horses in the stretch of the $200,000 Adirondack Stakes (G2) for 2-year-old fillies at Saratoga Race Course to score her first stakes win in just her third start.

Canadian superstar Pink Lloyd reclaimed his Shepperton Stakes crown to earn his 20th career win for Hall of Fame trainer Robert Tiller Aug. 4 at Woodbine.

Benefitting from an initial try at 12 furlongs, Fools Gold turned her second start at 1 ½ miles on the turf into a winning one as she posted a three-quarter-length victory in the $200,000 Fasig-Tipton Waya Stakes (G3T) for fillies and mares.

For Bob Baffert, McKinzie’s victory in the Aug. 3 Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course was especially satisfying as it demonstrated the 4-year-old’s full potential and served as a tribute to his friend, the late racing executive Brad McKinzie.

At Deauville Aug. 4, Dettori had a partner in Advertise, who boasted arguably the best form on offer for the Larc Prix Maurice de Gheest (G1) at Deauville.

Canadian superstar Pink Lloyd reclaimed his Shepperton Stakes crown to earn his 20th career win for Hall of Fame trainer Robert Tiller Aug. 4 at Woodbine.

Fox Hill Farms’ Omaha Beach turned in a bullet five-furlong work Aug. 4 at Del Mar as the scratched Kentucky Derby (G1) morning-line favorite continued preparations toward his first race back after throat surgery.

Graded stakes winner Divine Miss Grey will be retired from racing after being pulled up in the stretch run of the Aug. 3 Fasig-Tipton De La Rose Stakes and vanned off, trainer Danny Gargan said.

World of Trouble visited the track Aug. 4 as he continues to recover from a bruised foot that forced trainer Jason Servis to scratch the multiple grade 1 winner from Saratoga Race Course’s Troy Stakes (G3T) the day before.

Bettors had debut winner Amalfi Sunrise favored at 3-5 over grade 3 winner Comical in the $200,351 Sorrento Stakes (G2) at Del Mar Aug. 3, and the 2-year-old Constitution filly rewarded her backers when she drew off by six lengths.

Shooting Star Thoroughbreds’s Chance It kept the buzz alive Aug. 3 at Gulfstream Park with a dominating 3 1/4-length victory in the $100,000 Dr. Fager division, the first leg of the 2019 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes series.

Allied Racing Stable’s Mr. Money ran himself into millionaire status Aug. 3 when he notched his fourth consecutive graded stakes victory in the $500,000 West Virginia Derby (G3) at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort.

Saturday’s 11-race Marylou Whitney Day card, featuring three graded stakes and highlighted by McKinzie’s victory in the 92nd running of the Grade 1, $1 million Whitney, generated an all-sources handle record of $31,835,863.

Karak became the first black-type winner for her sire, Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1T) winner Karakontie, when she rolled to an easy 2 1/2-length victory in the $78,000 Tyro Stakes at Monmouth Park.

Godolphin homebred Lucullan took home his first stakes score Aug. 3 with a text-book stalking trip that sent him straight to a nose victory in the $100,000 Fasig-Tipton Lure Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

Allied Racing Stable’s Mr. Money ran himself into millionaire status Aug. 3 when he notched his fourth consecutive graded stakes victory in the $500,000 West Virginia Derby (G3) at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort.

Karl Watson, Michael E. Pegram, and Paul Weitman’s McKinzie turned in a late-running drive up the center of the Saratoga Race Course stretch to win the Aug. 3, $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) by 1 3/4 lengths.

Aftercare has been at the forefront of Bourbon Lane Stables, and to add to the initiative, founder and co-owner Mike McMahon announced Aug. 3 a new 501(c)(3) retirement fund to help with the costs of caring for the partnership’s former racehorses.

The risk-reward game of pinhooking relies upon buying at a price point that has upside potential for profit if all goes according to plan. With an average price of nearly $370,000 in 2018 at The Saratoga Sale, finding value is challenging.