West Point Thoroughbreds’ Counting Stars (Honor A.P.- Paynterbynumbers, by Paynter) put herself squarely atop the 3-year-old filly division when she soundly defeating Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Always a Runner for the second time this year in the Grade 1, $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga Race Course, leading the slate of stakes-winning OBS graduates.

    Trained by dual Hall of Famer Mark Casse, Counting Stars was an authoritative winner of the Acorn last out over course and distance with a 3 3/4-length score over Always a Runner, and was just as dominant on Saturday as she drove home a 4 1/4-length winner. Counting Stars was third in the Kentucky Oaks ahead of their first rematch in the Acorn. 

    “She's a special horse. She is,” Casse said. “It was great for racing to see the two of them go at it. We said all along this week that this was round three, the rubber match. So, that's what happened. Luckily, we ended up on the right side of it.”

    Counting Stars was purchased by her owners at the 2025 OBS April Sale for $150,000 from the Wildheart Thoroughbreds consignment after breezing in :10 flat.

    The Saratoga card also saw Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ Built (Hard Spun – Sea Garden, by Curlin) earn his first graded win with a victory in the Grade 2, $400,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt. Trained by Wayne Catalano, the 4-year-old son of Hard Spun powered away to a 2 1/2-length score. He was purchased by his owner for $260,000 out of the Harris Training Center consignment at the 2024 OBS April Sale after breezing in :9 4/5.

    At Monmouth Park, Averill Racing, Mathis Stable and Tristan de Meric’s My Miss Mo (Uncle Mo – In a Dream, by Quality Road) followed up her May 15 score in the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan with a gate-to-wire victory in the Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks, winning comfortably by 1 1/2 lengths.

    Trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., My Miss Mo was purchased by Averill Racing and Mathis Stable for $320,000 from the de Meric Sales consignment at the 2025 OBS March Sale after breezing in :10 1/5.

    At Saratoga, Klaravich Stables’ Fully Subscribed (Tiz the Law-Sweetbaby, by Candy Ride (ARG)) overtook dual Grade 1-winner and fellow OBS graduate Scottish Lassie in the final jumps to capture the Grade 2, $250,000 Shuvee Stakes.

    Trained by Chad Brown, the daughter of Tiz the Law earned her third graded win following past successes in the Grade 2 Mother Goose and Grade 3 Comely last winter at Aqueduct Racetrack. Fully Subscribed was purchased at the 2024 OBS April Sale by her owner for $300,000 from the Caliente Thoroughbreds consignment after breezing in :10 flat.

    At Del Mar, BAG Racing Stables and WSS Racing’s Baltic Fire (Flameaway-Fisc, by Lemon Drop Kid) held on gamely late to capture the $100,000 Osunitas Stakes by a neck. The victory in the 1-mile turf test was the first black-type stakes win for the 5-year-old mare, who is trained by Jeff Mullins.

    Baltic Fire was purchased by Paul Galli at the 2023 OBS April Sale for $70,000 from the Mason Springs Partnership consignment after breezing in :10 2/5.

    At Colonial Downs, the inaugural $100,000 Yorktown Stakes came down to a photo finish as Mark Grier’s Inveigled (Enticed—Kitty Quality, by Quality Road) outdueled odds-on favorite Barbadian Runner to score by a nose and earn his first stakes victory.

    Trained by Arnaud Delacour, Inveigled was purchased by Ben Gowans, agent at the 2023 OBS June Sale for $52,000 from the Hoppel's Horse & Cattle Co. consignment after breezing in :10 flat.

    HALLANDALE BEACH - Comebacking jockey Leonel Reyes continued his hot hand Saturday at Gulfstream, where he rode five winners, including four consecutive winners in Races 4 through 7. The 40-year-old two-time Venezuelan champion, who was sidelined for the entire 2025-2026 Championship Meet with a left-ankle fracture sustained in a Nov. 2 racing mishap, had won aboard six of his last 14 mounts heading into Saturday’s program.

    “I feel really good, 100 percent now. We want to keep going,” Reyes said.

    Reyes scored aboard Restock ($5.40) in Race 4, Valdero ($5.60) in Race 5, Army Salute ($10) in Race 6 and Private Thoughts ($5.80) in Race 7, before concluding his big day with an open lengths score aboard Nina’s Last Gift ($5.20) in Race 11.

    “It is a beautiful day. Everybody looks at the races on Saturday. I try to work hard every day and today things work out,” Reyes said. “I had 11 mounts but two scratched. All the horses I felt had a good chance and the results were there.”

    Reyes, who has established himself as a prominent year-round member of the Gulfstream jockey colony since arriving from Venezuela in 2016, notched his 1000th North American victory April 25, shortly after returning from his injury-imposed layoff.

    Reyes rode two of trainer Jose D’Angelo’s three winners on the program – Restock and Army Salute. D’Angelo-trained Vincey Girl ($9.80) won the featured $100,000 Powder Break in Race 9. 

    With the addition of a live card tomorrow, live racing at Gulfstream will now be offered on a Saturday, Sunday, Monday schedule through August 31.

            There will be a mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool Monday and every Monday going forward through August 31. In addition to ‘Mandatory Mondays,’ three new player-friendly multi-race wagers will be introduced Monday and will be offered every Monday during the summer season.

    The $1 Players Place Pick 8, a $1 base wager that challenges bettors to pick the winners or second-place finishers in each of the final eight races; the $3 Players Late Pick 3, a $3 base wager that requires bettors to buy a ticket with the winners of the final three races; and the $5 Players Late Double, a $5 minimum bet that calls upon bettors to have the winners of the final two races; will spice up the action on Mondays.