Following a successful fall meet at Del Mar, racing in Southern California turns to Los Alamitos Race Course for a seven-day afternoon meet that precedes the winter/spring season at Santa Anita Park. The meet runs from Dec. 3-12. Source

During a Championship Meet at Gulfstream Park in which the spotlight will often be on younger horses, the opening-day emphasis is aptly on juveniles when the South Florida track stages the $75,000 Pulpit Stakes and $75,000 Wait a While Stakes Dec. 3. Source

Emerald Downs has announced a new incentive program for claiming horses during the first month and a half of its 52-day race meeting in 2022. Source

Graded stakes winner Fast Boat, 11th in the Nov. 6 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) at Del Mar, has been retired from racing and will be re-trained for a second career as an off-track Thoroughbred by ex-jockey Rosie Napravnik. Source

A trio of thirty-something trainers has been elected as newcomers to the Kentucky Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association board with the addition of Jason Barkley, Norm Casse, and Bentley Combs. Source