Baby Yoda hopes to explode in Kelso at Aqueduct

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Baby Yoda hopes to explode in Kelso at Aqueduct

A year ago, Kelso Stakes (G2) on September 25 at Belmont Park is the perfect vehicle to prepare Life is good to win the Breeders ‘Cup Dirters’ Cup of the Big Ass (G1) fans.

On October 29, the $300,000 Kelso will have a completely different purpose.

With Belmont Park under construction, Kelso will be contested at Aqueduct race track on one day eliminate the specter of a hopeful Breeders’ Cup appearing in the entries.

The thought process behind its new place on the New York Racing Association calendar is to convert a one-turn Kelso mile into a stepping stone for the December 3 (G1) Cigar Handicap, also at Big A.

To hit that score home, the first four finishers will receive a free nomination and a starting fee for $750,000 Cigars, meaning only two of Saturday’s starters will not go home with an early Halloween party provided by the NYRA.

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Field six is plotted for Kelso, marked with the answer to a related trivia question.

Who is second when Flight route Record your first level 1 trophy?

The answer is, of course, the darling of every Star Wars fan: Baby Yoda .

Since finishing second at 11 1/2 lengths to the still-unbeaten Flight Path at Malibu Stakes (G1) on December 26, Baby Yoda’s spaceship has taken him on a trip with some wild turns in his last seven starts. A four-time winner in allowance races and starts in that span, the 4-year-old’s two appearances in matches resulted in a fourth-place finish in both Money bets. bets (G1) and True North (G2) for Hall of Fame coach Bill Mott.

Florida’s half-brother son There are prospects owned by Pantofel Stable, Wachtel Stable, Gary Barber and Jerold Zaro, knocked out their rivals last time, winning the right to claim the allowable option on October 7 at the Aqueduct with a score of 10 3/ 4 decision length.

Kelso will also mark Aqueduct’s return for Morelo who won a Gotham Stakes (G3) mile in March at Big A. 3-year-old son of Classic Empire coached by Steve Asmussen has been refreshed after placing sixth in both the Wood Monument presented by Resorts World Casino (G2) and the Woody Stephens Stock presented by Mohegan Sun (G1). Owned by Blue Lion Thoroughbreds, Iapetus Racing and Diamond T Racing, he returned on October 8 with a score of 2 3/4 length in an optional claimant at Laurel Park.

“The plan was to give him some time off, let him do the horse, and get him back to training with Toby (Sheets, assistant to Asmussen in New York). He did an excellent job. with him throughout the winter and right around this time,” said Dave Lyon of Blue Lion Thoroughbreds, “We feel like we’ve got ourselves a fresh horse and we have to remind ourselves that he He’s still only 3 years old, so we hope the best is ahead of him.”

Bold Ruler attracts school 10

Cigar Ruler Stakes (G3) created a Cigar Mile winner in 2019 when Maximum security entered both races and Saturday’s edition of the six-way long bet could also spot a trail-ready sprinter for the last 1st grade of the year in New York.

Belmont’s final graded stakes in Big A meet, ending October 30, Bold Ruler has attracted 10 evenly matched schools, including runner-up Vosburgh Stakes (G2), East Bay .

Owned by Lola Cash and Coach Norman L. Cash, age 8 E Dubai gelding was claimed for $35,000 in April and has since had four wins and two seconds in eight starts.

Maitha Salem Mohammed Belobaida Alsuwaidi’s Meraas set the pace in an allowing option claimant on September 3 at Saratoga Racecourse on his US debut before weakening to third place. That is Oasis dream gelding begins for the first time since the group 3 win on 11 February in Dubai.

Coach Chad Summers said: “He’s been training superbly. “With a horse like it being so fast it’s brilliant, it’s not a horse that you want to wind down once a week. We give it time between the winds and let it have fun. It just does it alone.”

The field also includes Dublin Fjord Stables, Racepoint Stables, Kevin Hilbert and Thomas O’Keefe’s 3rd grade multiple winner Edited (Field Committee ), West Point Thoroughbreds and Marvin Delfiner are very consistent Jaxon Traveler (Munnings ), a level 3 winner was eliminated only once in 18 starts, and Runninsonofagun (Gunman ), who finished third in the final Gallant Bob Stakes (G2).

This card also includes two other stakes, $120,000 in Awad Stakes on the pitch for 2-year-olds and $120,000 in Pumpkin Pie, a seven-feathered spring-load for fillets and mares, ages 3 and up.