Cigar Mile Handicap

Consequent, the second choice behind Bob Baffert-trained Nimah, defeated Cashed by a length in the Starlet Stakes (G2), a 1 1/16-mile race at Los Alamitos Race Course for 2-year-old fillies.

Karl Burke has pulled quite a few rabbits out of the hat down the years. However, turning a 12,000-guinea yearling into a €2.6 million filly in training surely rates a personal best, even by his lofty standards. 

Jockey Daisuke Fukumoto made a bold move aboard Hammerhead with 5 furlongs to go in the 1 1/2-mile Valedictory Stakes (G3) Dec. 6 at Woodbine and it paid off with a length victory over his rallying stablemate Jokestar.

The new owners of Bishops Bay received a quick dividend on their recent purchase in the $500,000 Cigar Mile Handicap (G2). In a few months’ time, they’ll find out if they struck gold.

On Dec. 6 at Aqueduct Racetrack, the promising juvenile Paladin took a major step toward fulfilling his connections’ Kentucky Derby (G1) dreams by defeating Renegade and Balboa in the $250,000 Remsen Stakes (G2).

Nearly eight months of racing inactivity proved no obstacle for Just Beat the Odds, who fired fresh to defeat Acoustic Ave and three other rivals in the $242,500 Elite Power Stakes (G3) Dec. 6 at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Winning the Demoiselle Stakes (G2) has become old hat for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, who notched his 10th win in the 1 1/8-mile race for 2-year-old fillies when Zany overwhelmed her competition with an 8 1/2-length win Dec. 6 at Aqueduct.

Wathnan Racing’s Dark Trooper made a remarkable run from last to score in the final strides of the AED 1 million HH The President Cup at Abu Dhabi Turf Club Dec. 6.

Hastings Park announced Dec. 5 that it would cease conducting Thoroughbred racing, ending more than 130 years of racing at the British Columbia venue.