Graded stakes winner Skelly, racing for the first time in seven months, returned successfully Dec. 30 at Oaklawn Park, leading throughout in a $143,000 allowance optional claiming race. Source

Dual grade 1 winner Defunded has been privately acquired by Dr. Muhaideb Abdullah Almuhaideb’s HDB Racing Stable, a new Saudi Arabian owner. Source

Brittany Russell—set to become the first woman to finish the year as Maryland’s leading trainer—showed off her training skill for a Florida crowd Dec. 30 when Full Count Felicia took the $150,000 Suwannee River Stakes (G3T) at Gulfstream Park. Source

Front-running Angel Nadeshiko found a little give in the turf to her liking as she led every step of the $100,500 Robert J. Frankel Stakes (G3T) to secure the first graded stakes win of her career Dec. 30 at Santa Anita Park. Source

Brittany Russell—set to become the first woman to finish the year as Maryland’s leading trainer—showed off her training skill for a Florida crowd Dec. 30 when Full Count Felicia took the $150,000 Suwannee River Stakes (G3T) at Gulfstream Park. Source

Lady T, who rallied to win the Las Flores Stakes (G3) last winter at Santa Anita Park, seeks a repeat victory in the $100,000 six-furlong race contested on New Year’s Day. Source

A multiple graded winner on dirt, Forbidden Kingdom in only his second turf start beat a large field of turf sprinters to win the Joe Hernandez Stakes (G2T) at Santa Anita Park for trainer Richard Mandella and jockey Flavien Prat. Source

Continuing her excellence over the Gulfstream Park main track, Maryquitecontrary rallied past runner-up Imonra and third-place Unifying to capture the $150,000 Rampart Stakes Dec. 30. Source