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At his 11th track in 13 starts, Truly Quality proves an adept turf marathon runner, surging forward to grab the win away from a game Balnikhov.

With Rattle N Roll's Clark Stakes (G2) win, the son of Connect added to the historic Churchill Downs seasons for trainer Ken McPeek and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr.

Thomas Bachman's Kehoe Beach earned graded stakes status with her third consecutive win Nov. 29, when she won the $292,335 Mrs. Revere Stakes (G2T) at Churchill Downs gate to wire.

Amo Racing landed the Frankel full sister to dual group 1 winner Chaldean, going to 2.5 million guineas for the filly at the Nov. 29 session of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale.

A field of 13 2-year-old fillies—three of them maidens and eight exiting maiden races—have been entered for the $100,000 Jimmy Durante Stakes (G3T) going a mile on the turf at Del Mar Nov. 30.

The catalog for the Inglis Digital USA December Sale is now available online, featuring a robust slate of 49 horses on offer.

Japan's grade 1 racing program moves from turf to dirt for the Champions Cup (G1) Dec. 1 at Chukyo Racecourse.

The 5-year-old mare ridden by Flavien Prat won her first graded stakes by three-quarters of a length Nov. 28 at Churchill Downs.

Redistricting hasn't had much luck in two previous tries at the grade 1 level but trainer Chad Brown sends him west again to try to reverse the trend in the Seabiscuit Handicap (G2T) Nov. 30 at Del Mar.

East Coast-based trainer has dominated the West Coast stakes for distaffers and sends Tax Implications, Gina Romantica, Child of the Moon, and Prerequisite.

Loved is a Godolphin homebred trained by Brendan Walsh and ridden by Tyler Gaffalione. The 5-year-old mare won the Falls City Stakes (G3) by 3 3/4 lengths. Godolphin's Tarifa finished second.

Julien Leparoux, a veteran leader in the Churchill Downs jockey colony and two-time Eclipse Award winner, reached an extraordinary milestone Thursday with his 3,000th career win aboard Pike Place in Race 3.

Of all the horses he has ever owned, none have been as meaningful to Robert LaPenta as one who is racing for him now and is winless in two career starts.

The first Friday of Gulfstream Park's 2024-25 Championship Meet Nov. 29 features the 11th running of the Pulpit Stakes.  

Industry Voices: Owner John Stewart races as Resolute Racing.