Horse Racing News on December 22, 2014

Trainer Todd Pletcher will send out Divine Oath, a close-up third in the Twilight Derby at Santa Anita Park, in the $100,000 W. L. McKnight Handicap Dec. 27 at Gulfstream Park.

Fresh off of a victory in last month's Kenny Noe Jr. Stakes, Speechify will be the one to beat in the $100,000 Mr. Prospector Stakes Dec. 27 from Gulfstream Park.

The biggest draw on the opening day card is champion Shared Belief, who will make his final start as a sophomore in the Grade 1, $300,000 Malibu.

The Malibu shares the card with another Grade 1 in the $300,000 La Brea, which attracted 10 three-year-old fillies going seven furlongs, including Grade 2 Raven Run romper Taris.