Horse Racing News on December 26, 2014

Shared Belief bounced back from a horrible trip in the Breeders' Cup Classic with his third grade I victory of the year, holding off a game Conquest Two Step by a head in the $300,000 Malibu Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park Dec. 26.

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.

Outsider Sam's Sister ran down a tiring odds-on favorite Taris in the final sixteenth of a mile to win the $300,000 La Brea Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on opening day at Santa Anita Park Dec. 26.