May 27 (UPI) -- Trainer Saffie Joseph had a happy Memorial Day weekend at the races, sending two horses to California to win graded stakes and another to a profitable stop in Texas, as top-level racing spread from coast to coast with the unofficial advent of summer.

The international action was, if anything, even more heated with Group 1 and Grade 1 races from Japan to Hong Kong, Ireland, France and Chile, where yet another Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" slot was decided.

After a moment to give silent thanks to those for whom Memorial Day is meant ... we forge on with ...

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Skippylongstocking shipped west for Monday's $200,000 Grade II Hollywood Gold Cup at Santa Anita and made the trip worthwhile with an off-the pace, 3/4-length victory over the locals.

Midnight Mammoth was

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