With the Kentucky Derby (G1) still 22 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Old Colts and Geldings” closed as the 6-5 favorite in Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager and Life Is Good was the 5-1 second choice.

In what was only her fourth start in North America, Juddmonte Farm homebred Viadera fought to the wire to take home her first top-level victory in the $301,500 Matriarch Stakes (G1T) at Del Mar. 

After two consecutive wins sprinting on Indiana Grand’s turf, Beer Can Man proved Nov. 29 he was worth the purchase for his new connections Little Red Feather Racing and Sterling Stables by winning the $103,000 Cecil B. DeMille Stakes (G3T).

Godolphin homebred Lovestruck won her first stakes appearance in the $100,000 Tepin Stakes for juvenile fillies on turf Nov. 29 at Aqueduct Racetrack. 

Trainer Stanley Hough officially retired from racing for the second time in his career after saddling 2-year-old filly Inject in the seventh race Nov. 28 at Churchill Downs. 

Making his 20th start Nov. 29 in the Fall Highweight Handicap (G3) at Aqueduct Racetrack, 5-year-old Share the Ride picked up his first graded stakes win for trainer Antonio Arriaga and owner Silvino Ramirez. 

Jockeys are able to take drugs and avoid detection too easily under the present testing program in British racing, with a stronger regime required to stamp out cocaine use, according to a rider who has rebuilt his career after a positive test.

Breeders and buyers will make the trip to Tattersalls for the December Mare Sale with some sense of relief following a year of coronavirus and lockdowns but remarkably decent trade in the circumstances.

Trainer Shug McGaughey has the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) Jan. 23 at Gulfstream Park in mind for W.S. Farish homebred Code of Honor, who was runner up in the Clark Stakes Presented by Norton Healthcare (G1) Nov. 27 at Churchill Downs.

Almond Eye blazed down the Tokyo Racecourse stretch and into the history books Nov. 29, winning the Japan Cup (G1) for the second time while notching her ninth top-level victory in her final race.

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).