Horse Racing News

Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer's stakes-winning duo of Seduire and Light the City clash with dual graded winner Conquest Harlanate in the $200,000 Santa Ynez Stakes for newly-turned 3-year-old fillies at Santa Anita Park Jan. 3.

El Kabeir has earned 11 points toward a berth in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands, but is looking for more as he heads the field in the $200,000 Jerome Stakes Jan. 3 from Aqueduct Racetrack.

Parx Racing-based rider Angel Suarez, who was a finalist for an Eclipse Award in 2012 as outstanding apprentice jockey, is in critical condition after being shot Dec. 28 following an alleged break-in, assault, and other offenses.

Speechify continued his comeback in Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 Mr. Prospector, posting a 1 1/4-length victory at Gulfstream Park.

Let's Go Stable's Divine Oath made his first try against older horses, and at 1 1/2 miles, a winning one in Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 W.L. McKnight H.

Shared Belief bounced back from a horrible trip in the Breeders' Cup Classic with his third grade I victory of the year, holding off a game Conquest Two Step by a head in the $300,000 Malibu Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park Dec. 26.

Alert Bay ran his stakes winning streak to four with an upset victory in Friday's Grade 2, $201,250 Mathis Brothers Mile on opening day of Santa Anita's 2014-15 meet.

Outsider Sam's Sister ran down a tiring odds-on favorite Taris in the final sixteenth of a mile to win the $300,000 La Brea Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on opening day at Santa Anita Park Dec. 26.

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.