The Grade 3 Vagrancy is featured on Saturday at Aqueduct

By NY Hot List staff | Thursday, May 16, 2024

The Grade 3, $175,000 Vagrancy is the featured race on another 11-race card on Saturday at Aqueduct. The field of six older female sprinters, which are all stakes winners or stakes placed, will race 6 ½ furlongs. Hot Fudge has eight victories in her career including three stakes at the Big A.

The Linda Rice-trainee Hot Fudge ran into trouble in her last start in April when she could not recover from trouble at the start of the Distaff (G3).

“In her last race, she stumbled away from the gates, grabbed a quarter badly and pulled a shoe off and ran last,” Rice said. “But she had run five great efforts in a row prior to that, so we’re going to forgive her for that. I think she’s coming into the Vagrancy in great shape.”

The $175,000 Vagrancy (G3) at Aqueduct, Saturday, Race 9, 5:36 pm EDT.

(2) Big Pond changed barns recently to Bill Mott after finishing seventh in the Madison (G1) at Keeneland in April. The California-bred began her career against state-breds and later was second by a nose in the LaBrea (G1) at Santa Anita. She won two Cal-bred stakes races as a 3-year-old. (1) Hot Fudge has 8 wins from 14 career starts including six at Aqueduct with three stakes victories this winter in New York. In the Distaff (G3) last month, she stumbled, grabbed a quarter badly, and tore off a shoe causing the aberrant finish. (4) Asset Purchase started three times last year with an eight-length debut victory followed by a second in the Busher at the Big A. She returned from a year layoff last month to win an allowance for Chad Brown and Klaravich Stables. (6) Beguine is a stakes winner and graded-stakes placed and most recently settled in as a sprinter. She will ship up from Delaware Park for veteran trainer Ned Allard.

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