Horse Racing News on November 24, 2017

The historic colors of Darby Dan Farm never had graced Del Mar until Friday, but they sure looked right at home in a familiar spot, a winner's circle, after Manitoulin held off favored Chicago Style to capture the Grade 2, $200,690 Hollywood Turf Cup.

The eventual top three finishers in the $500,000 Clark trailed their six opponents entering the backstretch of the 1 1/8-mile race.

A Pennsylvania state judge has granted stays to three trainers based at Parx racetrack near Philadelphia who had been suspended for failing to comply with subpoenas issued by the state's racing commission early this month, according to court filings.

Now safely tucked away at Del Mar over nine furlongs on grass, the Hollywood Derby brings to a close the three-beat Southern California series that exists in a parallel universe to all the mega-dollar dirt races for the national 3-year-old division.