Fantastic Spain split foes midstretch and surged to a neck victory over 4-to-5 favorite Notable Guest to earn his first graded stakes victory in the $191,400 Golden Gate Fields Breeders’ Cup Stakes (G3) on Monday. The seven-year-old Fantastic Fellow horse was unhurried early on, racing in seventh through a quarter-mile while Now Victory surged to a clear lead along the inside to run six furlongs in 1:12.89.

Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) fifth-place finisher Sedgefield will miss the Belmont Stakes (G1) after trainer Darrin Miller detected a chip in the colt’s left front ankle after a workout on Monday at Churchill Downs. Miller said on Wednesday that that injury will require surgery to remove the chip.

Stonerside Stable’s homebred Grade 1 winner Bob and John dueled with 3-to-5 favorite Sweetnorthernsaint through a prolonged stretch drive to win the $388,000 Lone Star Park Handicap (G3) by a neck on Monday. Making his second start of the season after a runner-up finish in the Texas Mile Stakes (G3) at Lone Star on April 28, Bob and John stalked Jonesboro from the outside early before overtaking that opponent entering the stretch.