The Bill Mott-trained Knightsbridge answered the two-turn question with a dominant victory in the July 18 Monmouth Cup (G3) at Monmouth Park. The Godolphin homebred cruised over the previously undefeated Money Game, with Skippylongstocking third.
Johanna Walsh proved an able deputy for Joseph O'Brien by landing the Irish Oaks (G1) July 18 at the Curragh. O'Brien was forced to scratch Epsom Oaks (G1) winner and favorite Thundering On because she was reportedly off her feed.
Proletariat becomes the first stakes winner for second-crop sire Raging Bull in notching a front-running triumph in the $153,000 Oceanside Stakes at Del Mar on the track's opening day of its summer meet, July 17.