Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider's Departing proved her class on Saturday with an easy 8 3/4 length win in the $750,000 Grade 2 West Virginia Derby at Mountaineer.
The $300,000 Grade 1 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar racetrack produced one of the biggest surprises on a busy day of graded stakes racing Saturday, August 3.
The $750,000 Grade 1 Whitney Invitational Handicap was contested at Saratoga Race Course in New York in Saturday, August 3.
The $200,000 Grade 2 Honorable Miss Handicap took place at Saratoga Race Course on Monday, July 29.
The $300,000 Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes took place at Del Mar on Sunday, July 28.
Saratoga Race Course in the Saratoga Springs, New York hosted the Grade 2 Amsterdam Stakes on Sunday, July 28.
Woodbine in beautiful Toronto, Ontario played host to seven older fillies and mares in the $150,000 Grade 3 Royal North Stakes on Sunday, July 28.
The main event on Monmouth Park's Sunday card was the $1 million Grade 1 William Hill Haskell Invitational.
In the $200,000 Grade 2 Monmouth Cup on the Haskell undercard at Monmouth Park on Sunday, July 28, Pants on Fire, sent off at 7-1 odds took advantage of the misfortune of 3-5 favorite Take Charge Indy who was pulled up by jockey Gary Stevens after hearing a loud pop while his horse was in the lead.
The $200,000 Grade 2 Molly Pitcher Stakes went down on the Haskell Invitational undercard at Monmouth Park on the Jersey Shore Sunday, July 28.