HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Although Sir Anthony won Saturday’s Grade 3 Harlan’s Holiday, it was the Pegasus World Cup-bound Audible who became the big story after finishing second as the 1-9 favorite in his 3-year-old finale. But that didn’t stop Sir Anthony’s trainer, Anthony Mitchell, and his crew from enjoying the moment in the aftermath of the improbable David and Goliath ending to the Grade 3 event.

CYPRESS, Calif. - Kookie Gal is likely to start against open company at Santa Anita in early 2019 after winning Saturday’s $100,000 Soviet Problem Stakes for 2-year-old California-bred fillies at Los Alamitos.

Kookie Gal won the one-mile Soviet Problem Stakes by four lengths, closing from fourth in a field of six. Ridden by Flavien Prat, Kookie Gal drifted to the inside when she reached the front, but was clear at the time.

“She is still a little green,” trainer Peter Miller reflected on Sunday. “She ran well. Hopefully, we can build on that.”

McKinzie, the three-time graded stakes winner who was 12th in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs last month, worked six furlongs in 1:13.20 at Santa Anita on Sunday for an expected start in the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes on Dec. 26.

McKinzie may be among four candidates for the $300,000 Malibu for trainer Bob Baffert, who said he is considering the race for Ax Man, Nero and Solomini.

“It looks like those four,” Baffert said. “All are aiming for the Malibu.”

The Dec. 26 program is opening day of the track’s winter-spring meeting.

The Aqueduct pick six went unhit for a third straight day Sunday, resulting in a carryover of $175,909 into Thursday's eight-race card. The pick six will begin on race 3.

There was a carryover of $48,374 into the Sunday program and another $223,762 in fresh money was wagered.

The sequence started off with wins by Show Prince ($4.20), Summer Punch ($24), and Playwright ($12.80).

Testosterstone's $50.50 victory in race 7 knocked out a slew of tickets before Blindwillie McTell won the eighth, paying $7.50.

The stakes winner Rye is nearing a return to racing. Trainer William Morey said on Friday that he hopes to have Rye ready for the $200,000 Unusual Heat Turf Classic for California-breds at 1 1/8 miles on turf at Santa Anita on Jan. 26, a race the 5-year-old horse won last January.

Rye was later third in the Grade 3 San Juan Capistrano Stakes at about 1 3/4 miles on turf in April.

Owned by Joseph Morey Jr., who is not related to the trainer, Rye is in training at Golden Gate Fields.

Dennis Moore is leaving his position as track consultant at Santa Anita on Dec. 31, he said on Friday.

Moore said that the decision has been planned for months.

“I gave them my notice in September,” he said. “I just turned 69, and when you get to that that age you start winding down.

“It was a hard decision. They’ve been good to me and I’ve enjoyed it. I’m proud of what we accomplished over there.”

Moore said he will be replaced by Andy LaRocco.

The 3-year-olds River Boyne and Tatters to Riches are both owned by Red Baron’s Barn and Rancho Temescal, and each has a strong chance in a graded stakes on opening day of the Santa Anita winter-spring meeting on Dec. 26.

River Boyne, a four-time stakes winner this year, figures to be favored in the Grade 2 Mathis Brothers Mile for 3-year-olds on turf.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Dr. Edgar, the focal point in one of the more controversial races of the 2018 Saratoga season, will bring his good form to Gulfstream Park for the first time when he takes on 11 rivals under high-level optional-claiming conditions in Sunday’s $48,000 main event at a mile on turf.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Trainer Catherine Day Phillips captured the Ontario Lassie Stakes for the second year in a row on Dec. 9, sending out Artilena to victory over Hastalavistababy.

Day Phillips won the 2017 edition of the Ontario Lassie with Dixie Moon, who went on to win this year’s Woodbine Oaks. Day Phillips will be hoping Artilena can follow in Dixie Moon’s footsteps next season, and will put together Artilena’s 3-year-old campaign with the Woodbine Oaks in mind.

Skyler’s Scramjet, a three-time winner at Aqueduct last winter and spring, including a 1 1/2-length win in the Grade 3 Tom Fool Handicap last March, is eying a return to the races in the $100,000 Gravesend Stakes here on Dec. 23.

Skyler’s Scramjet has not run since finishing sixth of eight in the Mr. Prospector Stakes at Monmouth Park in June.

“His last start at Monmouth he didn’t ship well, got real light on me,” trainer Michelle Nevin said. “He’s a nervous horse to train and he was telling me he needed a break.”