Trailing Panthalassa by 20 lengths through the first half of the 2,400 meter (about 12 furlongs) test Equinox showed why he is truly the world’s best racehorse in more than just name. 

Report from Japan

St. Armands Key became the first winner of Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms’ first-crop stallion Lost Treasure in scoring a front-running victory in a $52,000 maiden special weight race Nov. 25 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.

Saffie Joseph Jr. and Victor Barboza Jr. finished in a dead heat for the training title for the Sunshine Meet that came to a close Saturday at Gulfstream Park with 33 winners each.

Whit Beckman won his first graded race as a trainer Nov. 25 at Churchill Downs when Ribble Farms’ Honor Marie closed to take the $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2).

Easter, new to D’Amato’s barn, defeated stablemates Hong Kong Harry and Balnikhov to give D’Amato his fifth Seabiscuit Handicap (G2T) victory.

One of the fillies flying below the radar before the start of the Golden Rod Stakes (G2), Intricate stamped herself as a contender to watch on next year’s Kentucky Oaks trail by the race’s end with a commanding victory Nov. 25 at Churchill Downs.

Rebounding from a trio of losses following a fast maiden win this summer at Saratoga Race Course, Just Steel circled the field four-wide to capture the Ed Brown Stakes for 2-year-old sprinters Nov. 25 at Churchill Downs.

For the connections of the 3-year-old filly Raging Sea, the theme of the $200,000 Comely Stakes (G3) was “better late than never.”

One in Vermillion, who closed to win the H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course this summer, has been retired due to a fetlock injury, according to a report in Daily Racing Form.