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Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has won the Starlet Stakes for 2-year-olds fillies at Los Alamitos annually for a record eight years, and three times at Hollywood Park before its closure in 2013. On Saturday, Baffert has three chances to extend his dominance when Consequent, Himika, and Nimah start in the Grade 2, $200,000 Starlet Stakes at 1 1/16 miles.
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Swift Delivery looks to begin again as part of a strong field of 11 for the $125,000 Boone County Stakes for 3-year-olds and up on Saturday night's program at Turfway Park.
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At the conclusion of racing Friday (Nov. 28) night, Mark Herschberger had joined an exclusive Meadowlands club. He had just won six races on the program, becoming just the third driver in 2025 to win a half-dozen times on a single Big M card.
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In hopes of getting a little more from Phileas Fogg, trainer Gustavo Rodriguez will add blinkers to his equipment for Saturday's Grade 2, $500,000 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct. The Cigar Mile tops an 11-race card that includes three other graded stakes and two $500,000 New York Stallion Series stakes for 2-year-olds.
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Ka Ying Rising, the world’s top-rated sprinter, has delighted David Hayes in his final fast turf gallop ahead of the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races (LONGINES HKIR) on 14 December as a string of local contenders sharpened preparations with barrier trials at Sha Tin today (Thursday, 4 December).
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No nine-year-old horse has ever won the HK$28 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m), but Khaadem is no ordinary horse. He defied odds of 80/1 for a sensational victory in Britain’s premier sprint, the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes (1200m), in 2023 and became the race’s oldest winner when successful as an eight-year-old last year.
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It says plenty for the prestige attached to the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) that reigning champion Mickael Barzalona can place last year’s wire-to-wire success among his highlights for the last 12 months.
The Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame’s Living Horse Hall of Fame ballots are in the mail.
New Yorkers for Harness Racing, a harness racing education and advocacy organization, today announced the launch of its website: www.newyorkersforharnessracing.com. The site is a valuable resource for New Yorkers to learn about the extraordinary benefits that the harness racing community brings to New York State.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, December 7, 2025, at Sha Tin.
