Horse Racing News by Brisnet

Let's Go Stable's Divine Oath made his first try against older horses, and at 1 1/2 miles, a winning one in Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 W.L. McKnight H.

Alert Bay ran his stakes winning streak to four with an upset victory in Friday's Grade 2, $201,250 Mathis Brothers Mile on opening day of Santa Anita's 2014-15 meet.

The biggest draw on the opening day card is champion Shared Belief, who will make his final start as a sophomore in the Grade 1, $300,000 Malibu.

The Malibu shares the card with another Grade 1 in the $300,000 La Brea, which attracted 10 three-year-old fillies going seven furlongs, including Grade 2 Raven Run romper Taris.

Jockey Florent Geroux, who began November on a high note when guiding Work All Week to an upset victory in the Breeders' Cup Sprint, ended on one Saturday when taking the Grade 2, $250,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup aboard the Todd Pletcher-trained Red Rifle.

West Coast Belle has yet to compete on the West Coast, but the Tapit filly is perfect in three starts in the East after taking Saturday's Grade 2, $230,400 Golden Rod Stakes at Churchill Downs.

The finish came just in time as El Kabeir posted a wire-to-wire decision in Saturday's Grade 2, $233,000 Kentucky Jockey Club at Churchill Downs.

Big Cazanova put his speed to good use and earned his first stakes win on Saturday at Del Mar, leading all the way for a comfortable 3-1/4-length victory in Grade 3, $200,500 Native Diver.

Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence's Leave the Light On took the early initiative and repelled 9-5 favorite Frosted by a half-length in Saturday's Grade 2, $500,000 Remsen at Aqueduct.

Michael Dubb, Bethlehem Stables and The Elkstone Group's Condo Commando took the lead soon after the start of Saturday's Grade 2, $400,000 Demoiselle Stakes.