Shoplifted, a son of multiple leading North American sire Into Mischief, is a three-time grade 1-placed stakes winner.

Not all Thoroughbred owners can watch their horses work from the backyard.

The Road to the Kentucky Oaks runs through New York Dec. 4 when Aqueduct Racetrack hosts $250,000 Demoiselle Stakes (G2) for 2-year-old fillies. The 1 1/8-mile dirt race offers qualifying points on a 10-4-2-1 scale.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a measure into law to expressly ban the sale of racehorses or breeding stock for slaughter.

Grace Adler, Eda, and Benedict Canyon will try to give Baffert his fifth consecutive Starlet victory.

Very much the poster horse for what the annual Claiming Crown at Gulfstream Park represents, Mastic Beach Racing’s Tune In will seek his seventh win in his last 10 starts in the $125,000 Jewel Dec. 4.

Barry Schwartz’s New York-homebred Sharp Starr will look to defend her title Dec. 4 in the $250,000 Go for Wand Handicap (G3), a one-turn mile race for fillies and mares at Aqueduct Racetrack. 

Those that didn’t play Mo Donegal and Zandon in the first round of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager last week have another opportunity to back those colts, this time in competition in the $250,000 Remsen Stakes (G2) Dec. 4.

The Cigar Mile (G1) may be the last graded stakes of the year in New York, yet it also serves as a highly opportune time for a first.

Lucky 7 Stable’s Mike Mackin, horse owner/celebrity bettor Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, and Kentucky Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer are among the guests as Kentucky Racing Spotlight presented by the Kentucky HBPA debuts Dec. 3.