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Mrs. Astor, the five-time stakes winner, is nearing retirement in peak form. Mrs. Astor won the Grade 3 Red Carpet Stakes for fillies and mares at 1 3/8 miles on turf at Del Mar on Saturday for the second consecutive year, the first time the race had a repeat winner since it was launched in 2014.
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Tom’s Magic has gone from an awkward colt at the start of his career to a three-time stakes winner in 2025, developing at such a pace that will start for the first time in a Grade 1 in Saturday’s $300,000 Hollywood Derby on turf at Del Mar.
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In the Fayette at Keeneland last month, 5-year-old Hit Show won by a length over 6-year-old Rattle N Roll, and those two return for the latest battle of generations, the Grade 2, $600,000 Clark Stakes on Friday at Churchill Downs. They are joined by fellow veteran First Mission and a trio of talented 3-year-olds ready to prove they belong with older horses.
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Derick Giwner's analysis of the Saturday 11/29 card at The Meadowlands.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Friday 11/28 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Friday 11/28 card at The Meadowlands.
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Linda Rice won nine races at Aqueduct last week, increasing her total number of wins in 2025 to a personal-best 174. Rice has 11 horses entered in six races Friday, including the undefeated New York-bred filly With the Angels, who makes just her second start of the year in an open-company second-level allowance.
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Annie Stoebe will add “television co-host” to her resume this weekend when she sits alongside Dave Little on the Sam McKee Memorial Broadcast Set and offers her insights, opinions and selections on The Meadowlands’ live simulcast show this Friday (Nov. 28) and Saturday (Nov. 29).
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Trainer Carlos Martin said his father, Jose Martin, taught him it was usually best to give his 2-year-olds turning 3 a break during the winter. However, his grandfather, Hall of Fame horseman Frank “Pancho” Martin, ascribed to the theory of never stopping on a horse when they were doing good. The younger Martin ultimately opted to adhere to both theories, beginning with a trip to Gulfstream Park to compete in Friday's $100,000 Pulpit Stakes.
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Norm McKnight is winding down his training career and is planning to retire at the end of the current Woodbine meet on Dec. 14.
