Horse Racing News on December 19, 2013

Trainer Chad Brown will saddle two promising juveniles in Pleuven, a two-time stakes winner in France making his U.S. debut, and impressive first-out winner Request in the $100,000 Dania Beach Stakes Dec. 21 at Gulfstream Park.

Flashback, favored in each of his five career starts, figures to be the choice again when he runs in the Malibu Stakes for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita Park on opening day of the winter meet Dec. 26.