Emphatic Earns Her Place Among the Juvenile Fillies; Nakatomi Wins the Phoenix a Second Time

Emphatic won the Alcibiades, and the victory earns her a starting place in the Juvenile Fillies, where the best two-year-old fillies in the country will meet. For a filly that young, a win that also guarantees a spot in a championship race is about as much as one afternoon can give. On the same card, Nakatomi took the Phoenix for the second time, winning a race he had won before. Both horses go into the rest of the autumn as winners, and for the American turf that is reason enough to take note.

With reporting from America's Best Racing.