Damon Dilodovico knew Preakness Stakes Day would be a hectic afternoon for him. But little did he know he would also have to find time to be the star of one of those races.

Juddmonte Farms’ homebred Juliet Foxtrot, the even-money favorite, was a clear-cut one-length winner of the $150,000 Gallorette Stakes (G3T) Oct. 3 at Pimlico Race Course.

Catman, a 10-1 shot under Daniel Centeno, held off the late surge of Wootton Asset to win the $150,000 Laurel Futurity for 2-year-olds on the turf Oct. 3 at Pimlico Race Course.

Channel Maker went wire to wire Oct. 3 at Belmont Park in the $250,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes (G1T), a race he also won in 2018. The 6-year-old son of English Channel came off a win in the Sword Dancer Stakes (G1T) for his fourth grade 1 win.

Glass Slippers has a leading chance of becoming a rare back-to-back winner of the Prix de l’Abbaye, as she looks to become the first since the great Lochsong in 1994.

Gaining Ground Racing’s Factor This continued his winning ways with a front-running score Oct. 3 in Pimlico’s Dinner Party Stakes (G2T). The son of The Factor covered the 1 1/1/6 miles of yielding turf in 1:46.17.

John Gosden believes the favorite for the Oct. 4 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) is too short in the betting. Even more worryingly, he believes that on grueling ground at ParisLongchamp, defeat is “a strong likelihood.”

Wicked Whisper, a grade 1 winner last year, earned her first score of 2020 with a one-length victory over Ain’t No Elmers in the Oct. 3 Miss Preakness Stakes (G3) at Pimlico. The daughter of Liam’s Map got the six furlongs in 1:10.36.

Experience paid off Oct. 3 for Paradise Farms Corp. and David Staudacher’s Evil Lyn, who raced fourth time off the claim and became a stakes winner in her 14th start when she took the $100,000 Hilltop Stakes at Pimlico Race Course.

The remarkable Princess Zoe sealed a top-level victory at the first attempt Oct. 3 in the Qatar Prix du Cadran (G1) at ParisLongchamp, while Wonderful Tonight stayed on resolutely to land the Prix de Royallieu (G1).

There will be few weekends where John Gosden gets to enjoy the charms of the older woman more than this one, with Nazeef landing a second top-level win in the Sun Chariot Stakes (G1) and Enable seeking her third Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1).

R. Larry Johnson’s homebred Never Enough Time picked up her second stakes victory following her breakthrough last out and led at every point of call in the $100,000 Skipat Stakes Presented by Runhappy Oct. 3 at Pimlico Race Course.

Juddmonte Farms’ homebred Juliet Foxtrot, the even-money favorite, was a clear cut one-length winner of the $150,000 Gallorette Stakes (G3T) Oct. 3 at Pimlico Race Course.

Jockey Trevor McCarthy rode the rail to perfection Oct. 3 in the $150,000 Selima Stakes, pushing Head of Plains Partners’ homebred Fluffy Socks past the favored Invincible Gal in mid-stretch and drawing off to a 2 1/4-length victory.

Equine students, faculty, staff, and alumni will support businesses and nonprofits that align to their studies with volunteerism.

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 298 entries for its California Fall Yearlings Sale, to be held on Monday, Oct. 19, at Los Alamitos Race Course in Cypress, Calif.

When opportunity knocked in the $250,000 Pimlico Special Stakes (G3), jockey Angel Cruz and Harpers First Ride were delighted to answer the call.

For the sixth time since 1997, trainer Bob Baffert arrived in Baltimore this week with a Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) winner in tow. 

A horse with a heart the size of Texas, Diamond Oops left his connections the best kind of tough decision to make with a victory in the $200,000 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes (G2) Oct. 2 at Keeneland.

Headed by Ranlo Investments’ Golden Pal, trainer Wesley Ward holds a strong hand in the Oct. 4 Indian Summer Presented by Keeneland Select at Keeneland.