The grade 1-winning son of Giant’s Causeway won graded stakes on dirt and turf. He retired with more than $1.5 million in earnings.

Racing’s success stories, drug enforcement by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit, sports marketing strategies, and Thoroughbred aftercare were spotlighted during morning sessions Dec. 11 at the Global Symposium on Racing in Tucson, Ariz.

Last Samurai was bred in Kentucky by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings, and is out of the graded stakes-placed mare Lady Samuri, making him a half brother to the stakes-winning Candy Raid. He will stand for an advertised fee of $2,000.

The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby took a sideways turn as a filly won the second leg of the series Dec. 11 at Kawasaki Racecourse, vaulting into the top spot on the leaderboard.

Trainer Kelsey Danner will be aiming to build on an already career-best year during Turfway Park’s Synthetic Championships Dec. 14 where her stable will be represented in two of the evening’s featured stakes.

Madefromlucky joins the roster at R Star Stallions in Indiana that includes Discreet Lover, Prayer for Relief, Sahara Sky, and What Now. He has career progeny earnings in excess of $3.5 million.

Prat’s record-setting year continues as he tied and then set the single-year stakes record and tied the graded stakes record on Saturday at Aqueduct.

Hall of Fame trainers and University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program graduates Todd Pletcher and Bob Baffert returned to the Global Symposium on Racing Dec. 10 to discuss career developments.

Porter on Pedigrees

Millie Girl, last year’s Sovereign Award-winning champion older female, sold for $450,000 to Resolute Bloodstock to top the first session of the Fasig-Tipton Digital December Sale.