New York racing returns to the Big A

By NY Hot List Staff | Thursday, September 12, 2024

So long, Saratoga. Say hey to the Big A. Starting Friday, Aqueduct Racetrack will be home to New York racing for the next nine months until early June when the Belmont Stakes will be contested at the Spa. The first weekend features 11 3-year-old fillies battling it out in the Jockey Club Oaks Invitational, a 1 3/8-mile turf stakes.

$350,000 Jockey Club Oaks (G3) at Saratoga, Saturday, Race 10, 5:17 pm ET.

(7) Lady Mary moves to the barn of Jack Sisterson after racing in Germany for her first eight starts. She was out of the top three only once and last month finished third in the German Oaks (G1) against a field of 15. In June she missed by a head in a Group 3 race. (4) Beautiful Love is part of the powerful Charlie Appleby stable that has been training at Saratoga. She broke her maiden at Newmarket as a 2-year-old and won at Meydan in Dubai in February. After a layoff she made her American debut in the Lake Placid (G2) and was sixth. This is an easier spot for the Godolphin runner. (6) Mont Saint Michel showed improvement in each of her four starts which were at four different tracks. She broke her maiden in her second start at Woodbine and then tried a pair of stakes including the Pucker Up (G3) at Ellis Park in August. (9) Mixologist was a debut winner in June at Churchill Downs for Brad Cox that moved up to Saratoga where she got first by disqualification last month after a wide trip in an allowance against a large field.

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