Sara Elbadwi & Megan Burgess look back at the Cigar Mile & the Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct.

With his background in real estate, NYRA chairman and Jockey Club steward Marc Holliday is the ideal person to guide the organization’s future and construction of Belmont Park.

Just Philtored’s third stakes win came in the Maryland Juvenile Filly Stakes at Laurel Park Dec. 6, adding another stakes victory to the ZWP Stables and Non Stop Stables partnership and a hope to carry the torch of her dam in the years to follow.

A brother to elite winner Funstar, a half brother to dual group 1 hero Streets Of Avalon, and foals out of top-tier winners Nettoyer, Snitzerland, and Hasahalo will be among the highlights of next year’s Inglis Premier Yearling Sale.

Klaravich Stables’ Fully Subscribed notched her second graded stakes score Dec. 7 in the $200,000 Comely Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack, winning by 4 lengths over multiple graded stakes winner Quietside.

Hidden Lake Farm located near Stillwater, N.Y. announced the addition of Good Magic’s leading money earner and grade 1-winning son Mixto to the farm’s stallion roster for 2026. He won the 2024 Pacific Classic (G1).

W Heart Bond, a 4-year-old filly challenging older and more experienced males, prevailed by a desperate nose in the Champions Cup (G1) Dec. 7 on the Chukyo Racecourse dirt.

Report from Japan

Cosmic Crusader broke a top-level drought for West Australian breeding legend Bob Peters and became a long-awaited third Australian elite-level winner for his sire Maurice in taking the Northerly Stakes (G1) at Ascot Dec. 6.

Hot-button issues such as decoupling and computer-assisted wagering will be in focus when the University of Arizona’s Race Track Industry Program hosts the 2025 Global Symposium on Racing in Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 8-10.