After spending the last three months specializing in races at classic distances, a return to his roots in turf racing worked out pretty well for Count Again in the $203,500 Seabiscuit Handicap (G2T).

Juvenile (G1) third-place finisher Keepmeinmind returned victorious Nov. 28 at Churchill Downs in the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) at Churchill Downs, catching frontrunning Smiley Sobotka for a three-quarter-length victory. 

A budding breeding syndicate received the sort of result any small player would barely dare to dream of when their Sioux Nation colt sat on top of the standings at the Nov. 28 final session of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale.

Fluffy Socks rallied from far back and survived an inquiry in the $102,500 Jimmy Durante Stakes (G3T) Nov. 28 at Del Mar to collect her first graded victory and add a second black-type win to her record.

Klaravich Stables’ Domestic Spending charged down the homestretch at Del Mar Nov. 28 to secure his first graded victory in the $300,000 Hollywood Derby (G1T). 

OXO Equine’s Travel Column was squeezed at the break and went from last to first to win the Golden Rod Stakes (G2) Nov. 28 at Churchill Downs. The daughter of first-crop sire Frosted got the 1 1/16 miles in 1:43.98.

OXO Equine’s Travel Column was squeezed at the break and went from last to first to win the Golden Rod Stakes (G2) Nov. 28 at Churchill Downs. The daughter of first-crop sire Frosted got the 1 1/16 miles in 1:43.98.

Mutamakina didn’t always look like the winner of the Long Island Stakes (G3T) at Aqueduct Nov. 28, but trainer Christophe Clement sure did. He ran 1-2 when Mutamakina caught Traipsing late after the latter led for nearly all of the race.

Trainer Bill Mott first saw a world of potential in Don Alberto Stable’s homebred Forza Di Oro when the son of Speightstown was a 2-year-old. It just took a year to bring all of it out.

Elite Street, a 4-year-old trained by Daniel Morton, upsets the Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot to land his first group 1 score.

Now with a breakthrough victory in the Nov. 27 Clark Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs, Bodexpress is set to make his return journey to South Florida on Monday with the Jan. 23 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) as a likely next start.

Steve Landers Racing’s Royal Prince was named the 7-2 morning-line favorite for the $100,000 Cecil B. DeMille Stakes (G3T), a one-mile turf test for 2-year-olds.

Lemon Pop, a Kentucky-bred colt by Lane’s End stallion Lemon Drop Kid, grabbed the first leg of the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby Nov. 28 with a stretch-running victory in the Cattleya Stakes at Tokyo Racecourse.

A ground-saving trip carried Arklow to victory in the $203,500 Hollywood Turf Cup (G2T) Nov. 27 at Del Mar.

Both IAHR and MyRacehorse are heavily aligned in the importance of featuring the countless ways in which behind-the-scenes individuals help the Thoroughbred industry move forward. 

The New York Racing Association could definitely rack up some bonus points with its jockey colony if it moves the $100,000 Fall Highweight Handicap (G3) to the day after Thanksgiving.

It took a long time for the fog to lift above Park Paddocks, seemingly an appropriate meteorological metaphor to describe racing’s wider uncertainties Nov. 27, but two sons of Dubwai brought blue skies for their connections. 

Throughout her young career, Allen Stable’s Mrs. Danvers had displayed flashes of being a filly capable of winning a graded stakes. All it took was some patient handling by a Hall of Fame trainer and a two-turn race to bring it out in her.

Bodexpress finally got his day. The son of Bodemeister turned back Code of Honor Nov. 27 to win the $500,000 Clark Stakes Presented by Norton Healthcare (G1) at odds of 11-1 at Churchill Downs.

Trainers Graham Motion and Chad Brown have four of the nine entrants in the $300,000 Matriarch Stakes (G1T) at Del Mar Nov. 29. Motion starts Sharing, while Brown runs stakes winners Blowout, Viadera, and Tamahere.