Trainer Bill Mott will send out the morning-line favorite in the $1.25 million Midsummer Derby in Juddmonte Farms' Tacitus, the Belmont Stakes (G1) runner-up who drew post 6 at the Aug. 20 draw and was pegged as the 5-2 choice in a field of 12.

Hronis Racing's 4-year-old Higher Power, runaway winner of Saturday's $1 million TVG Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar, has surged to the No. 5 spot in the latest Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings.

Haras de Bouquetot resident Shalaa proved his appeal as his daughter, consigned by the Haras de la Louviere, led the way with little more than an hour of selling to go at the Arqana v2 sale which brought four days of trade in Deauville to a close.

A guide to television and radio horse racing coverage during Travers Week, compiled by America's Best Racing.

Stormy Liberal, the two-time winner of the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T), is scheduled to run in the $700,000, Runhappy Turf Sprint (G3T), one of five graded stakes to be held at the upcoming Runhappy Meet at Kentucky Downs.