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Calandagan is on a three-race winning streak, all Group 1 races in France and Britain since early summer, an achievement that led to him being recognized as the 2025 European Horse of the Year earlier this month. It may take a Horse of the Year such as Calandagan to win Sunday's Grade 1 Japan Cup at Tokyo Racecourse against a tough field of local horses.
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The middle legs of the Florida Sire Series five weeks ago proved to be a showcase for the talents of Khozalite and Mythical, who won their respective divisions in dominant fashion. All signs point to that being the case once again Saturday at Gulfstream Park, where the two promising juveniles will go postward as overwhelming favorites in the series finales, the $300,000 In Reality and its filly counterpart, the My Dear Girl stakes.
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Since taking his shot in the Preakness, trainer Mike Gorham has been immensely patient with Pay Billy, giving the 3-year-old colt six months to prepare for the next stage of his career. Once a rising star in the local ranks, the two-time stakes winner will make his long-awaited return to Laurel Park in the $100,000 City of Laurel Stakes on Saturday.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, November 30, 2025, at Sha Tin.
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Trainer Dale Desruisseaux's star 2-year-old fillies will go their separate ways Saturday at Woodbine when Dixie Law takes on the boys in the $250,000 Coronation Futurity and Piper's Gift meets Canadian-bred fillies in the $250,000 Princess Elizabeth Stakes.
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In the Grade 2 Twilight Derby last month at Santa Anita, Test Score stalked the pace and took the lead in the final furlong, a style that he has used with consistent success and will make him a deserving favorite in Saturday's Grade 1, $300,000 Hollywood Derby on turf at Del Mar.
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While there is no stakes race on Saturday's 10-race card at Aqueduct, there are several interesting betting events, topped by a starter allowance where two last-out, big speed-figure winners are likely to take the bulk of the money but are both facing winners for the first time.
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Fallout, making his second start for trainer Ron Burke, overcame the trailing post nine and poor cover to win Wednesday night's Grade 2 $274,720 Progress Pace for 3-year-old colts and geldings at Bally's Dover.
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Odds On Put Option parlayed a pocket trip into a lifetime-best 1:54 1/5 victory in the $110,000 Ramona Hubbard Delaware Standardbred Breeders' Fund championship for 2-year-old pacing fillies on Wednesday (Nov. 26) at Bally's Dover.
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In five stakes races at Parx Racing on Wednesday, four winners scored with trips on or near the lead on a sloppy track. Mailata, a 2-year-old colt trained by Butch Reid, was quick to set the tone with an uncontested score under Mychel Sanchez in the $100,000 Pennsylvania Nursery Stakes.
