Three-year-old fillies featured in the Wild Applause on Saturday at Aqueduct

By NY Hot List staff | Thursday, June 20, 2024

The $150,000 Wild Applause is the featured race on an 11-race card as part of the Belmont at the Big A meeting Saturday at Aqueduct. The field of nine sophomore fillies, along with two that are entered for the main track only, will race a mile on the turf.

At 4-1 on the morning line, Gala Brand will make her first start of the year. As a 2-year-old she raced four times and won her first two starts becoming a graded-stakes winner for trainer Bill Mott.

“We freshened her. She was kind of worn out by the time we ran in the Breeders’ Cup. She needed a rest and we gave her a rest,” said Mott. “She’s been back and had several good works. We just feel this is the time to start back up.”

The $150,000 Wild Applause at Aqueduct, Saturday, Race 10, 5:13 pm ET.

(9) Oversubscribed (A) got off to an awkward start, had to check later in the race, and rallied for second as a heavy favorite in his second start. The European-bred 3-year-old filly was a debut winner in February at Tampa Bay Downs for Chad Brown as the top betting choice. (1) Gala Brand was a rare winner as a first-time starter for Bill Mott at Saratoga last summer that went on to beat the boys in the With Anticipation (G3). She ended her juvenile campaign with a Breeders’ Cup appearance. (7) Grayosh broke her maiden in her third start for Brown and then finished fourth in the Wonder Again (G2). (3) Vino Rouge was stakes-placed as a 2-year-old and then moved back onto the turf to begin his 2024 racing campaign with a third-place finish in an allowance.

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