Horse Racing News on December 26, 2017

Unique Bella's speed has been her biggest asset, but in the Breeders' Cup it became her biggest liability.

City of Light made his first stakes appearance in Tuesday's Grade 1, $300,000 Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita, and he ran the best race of his young career to win.

Giant Expectations, in the Grade 2 San Antonio Stakes for older horses, took advantage of unexpectedly being left alone on the lead, and parlayed that into a front-running, upset victory in the first of four stakes run on opening day at Santa Anita.