The $150,000 Grade 3 Rancho Bernardo Handicap was contested at Del Mar Sunday, August 18 and it resulted in a track record time for 6 1/2 furlongs on Polytrack.
The second big DQ of the weekend took place at Saratoga Sunday August 18 in the $200,000 Grade 2 Woodford Reserve Lake Placid Stakes.
The $150,000 Grade 3 Philip H. Iselin Stakes took place at Monmouth Park on the Jersey Shore Sunday, August 18.
The $300,000 Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks for three year old fillies was run at Del Mar Saturday, August 17 and it was a New York shipper that ruled the day in the field of 10.
The $600,000 Grade 1 Alabama Stakes took place at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, August 17 and produced probably the most predictable result of the weekend.
Woodbine in Toronto, Ontario played host to the $150,000 Grade 3 Ontario Colleen Stakes on Saturday, August 17.
The $600,000 Grade 1 Sword Dancer Stakes went down on the turf of Saratoga Race Course Saturday, August 17.
The biggest race on a busy Saturday August 17 of graded stakes racing in North America took place at Arlington Park - the $1 million Grade 1 Arlington Million was contested for horses three years old and upward.
Del Mar turf was the scene of the $250,000 Grade 2 John C. Mabee Stakes Sunday, August 11.
Two year old fillies were on display Sunday, August 11 in the $200,000 Grade 1 Adirondack Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in the great state of New York.