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Salamis edges Tom’s Magic in Hollywood Derby
A wide rally gave Salamis an uninterrupted stretch run in Saturday’s Grade 1 Hollywood Derby, the lightly raced colt’s first start at the highest level.
Steve AndersenNov 29, 2025
A wide rally gave Salamis an uninterrupted stretch run in Saturday’s Grade 1 Hollywood Derby, the lightly raced colt’s first start at the highest level.
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Pretty Mischievous took some time to develop, but was a multiple Grade 1 winner as a 3-year-old, including the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs, to earn an Eclipse Award.
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What she could not quite get done last season at Fair Grounds, Big Trouble decisively accomplished Saturday.
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Longshot Fire and Wine added Lasix for a shockingly easy win in Saturday’s $250,500 Coronation Futurity at Woodbine.
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Further Ado has done it again, and while his performance Saturday lacked the air of spectacle radiating from the colt’s 20-length Keeneland maiden win last month, his victory Saturday at Churchill Downs in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes carried far more significance.
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Jockey Hector Berrios and 2-year-old fillies were a tough team in Del Mar stakes this fall.
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Trainer Mark Casse said he always thought Strategic Risk was a better horse than he had shown in the three starts following his impressive maiden win at Gulfstream Park late last spring. He was finally proven right on Saturday after the John Oxley homebred rallied to a decisive nine-length victory over the slow-starting The Town in the $300,000 In Reality division of the Florida Sire Series.
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Several familiar faces made way for a gate-crashing local rival in the final stakes for 3-year-olds at Laurel Park’s fall meet on Saturday. Zero Blitz, a gelding making his stakes debut for Joanne Shankle, capped off a gritty 2025 campaign with a late-running upset in the $100,000 City of Laurel Stakes.
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With a sixteenth of a mile remaining in Saturday’s Grade 2 Seabiscuit Handicap at Del Mar, five of the eight runners were in contention, separated by less than two lengths. Just as El Potente appeared to have the race won in his first start since February, Call Sign Seven, another horse returning from an extended layoff, produced a shocking result.
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The brilliant Piper’s Gift justified her favoritism with another decisive score in Saturday’s $250,000 Princess Elizabeth Stakes at Woodbine.