Horse Racing News on December 6, 2011

The Coa family riding tradition will continue this winter when jockey Kieber Coa begins his apprentice career in the United States.

Dual Grade 1 winner Weemissfrankie, third in the Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies one month ago, will start in the $250,000 Hollywood Starlet Dec. 10, trainer Peter Eurton said Dec. 4.

Jockey Jorge Chavez, who was unseated during the running of the ninth race at Aqueduct Racetrack Dec. 4, will be sidelined at least five months as a result of injuries that include a broken collarbone, broken ribs, and broken vertebrae.

Home Sweet Aspen is likely bound for the Grade 1 La Brea Stakes at Santa Anita on Dec. 31, which makes her appearance in Wednesday's $60,000 Cool Air Stakes at Hollywood Park a key tune-up for that major stakes.