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Hiding in Honduras surprises in Mathis Mile
A lightly raced gelding whose workouts were more impressive than his races scored an upset victory Sunday in the first stakes race on opening day of the winter meet at Santa Anita.
Brad FreeDec 28, 2025
A lightly raced gelding whose workouts were more impressive than his races scored an upset victory Sunday in the first stakes race on opening day of the winter meet at Santa Anita.
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Bernietakescharge survived a fierce pace battle with favorite Landed and kept on going to record a 2 1/4-length victory in Sunday’s $125,000 Bay Ridge Stakes for New York-bred females at Aqueduct in the final stakes of the year on the New York Racing Association circuit.
There can be no doubt about Lovcen’s affection for races at 1 1/4 miles in Japan.
Museum Mile, the winner of the Grade 1 Japanese 2000 Guineas in April, beat older horses for the first time in Sunday’s Grade 1 Arima Kinen at Nakayama Racecourse in Japan.
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Trainer Kevin Bond, the subject of an investigation by the New York Racing Association after an antisemitic post appeared on his Facebook page earlier this month, won Sunday’s first race at Aqueduct with the New York-bred maiden Bodegas.
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Two favored closers found the right trip in the $125,000 Last Hurrah Stakes at Turfway Park on Saturday, but neither 3-year-old reaped the richest reward for their late-running trips. With a sweeping move from sixth, 8-1 outsider Anegada ran down Energize and held off Final Gambit to snatch the photo-finish victory for trainer Michael Maker.
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Driver Brett Beckwith capped his marvelous year at the Meadowlands by becoming the youngest driver in harness racing history to reach the career 2,000 win plateau. The 22-year-old pilot won Saturday night's fifth race with Belmont Major N to reach that lofty number. Tyler Smith had been the youngest to 2,000.
The Sunday night (Dec. 28th) racing action at MGM Northfield Park will be triple-packed with carryovers.
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Counting Stars relished the added turn she picked up in the $150,000 Year’s End on Saturday at Oaklawn Park, as she won by six lengths over Newtown Pike.
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Knightsbridge finally got his first graded stakes victory and did so in style, withstanding early pace pressure before drawing off to a convincing and relatively easy 4 3/4-length victory over the multiple graded stakes winner Super Chow in Saturday’s $150,000 Mr. Prospector Stakes at Gulfstream Park.