Winning Move Stable’s and Seidman Stable’s Rite Moment threw a wet blanket on trainer Mike Hushion’s and jockey Channing Hill’s big day Saturday afternoon, winning the 52nd running of the Grade 2, $158,100 Bed O’Roses Handicap for fillies and mares at seven furlongs.

Hushion and Hill entered the Bed O’Roses having won three previous races on Saturday at Aqueduct – the sixth, seventh and eighth – and all for owner Barry K. Schwartz. Golden Dawn, owned by Marty Cunningham, but trained and ridden by Hushion and Hill, went to post against five rivals in the Bed O’Roses as the even-money favorite of 4,196 fans.

Cowgirls Don’t Cry took the lead from the outside post six and Rite Moment was up to challenge, leaving Golden Dawn to sit a perfect stalking trip behind a pace of 22.71 and 45.72.

As the leaders turned for home, Golden Dawn had nothing but daylight ahead of her, but she flattened out and finished fourth. Meanwhile, Cowgirls Don’t Cry began to tire after six furlongs in 1:09.75, and Rite Moment and jockey Rajiv Maragh opened up. A late run came inside from Lady Marlboro and jockey Javier Castellano, but Rite Moment was strong enough to last for a 1 ¼-length victory in 1.22.66. She returned $9.90 to win.

“I wanted to be up close to the pace, up front of most of the horses in the race,” said Maragh of his third winner on the afternoon. “There wasn’t a really true speed horse in there, but a lot of stalkers. I had a lot of horse. I thought we went kind of slow for these kinds of horses. We went pretty comfortable the first part of the race. That made me move a bit earlier, because I knew we had a lot left in the tank. This filly can flat-out run.”

Trained by Gary Contessa, the 4-year-old Vicar filly has now won five of six starts this year and three in a row. The Bed O’Roses is her second straight Grade 2 victory – she also won the Distaff Handicap on the inner track here on March 22 – and she figures to be a big part of Contessa’s summer plans.

“She’s an amazing filly,” said Contessa, who was in Ocala, Fla. for the sales on Saturday. “As far as the expectations go when we got her, she’s exceeded them all; she just keeps getting better and better. She came to me from the Midwest in great shape, but I guess she really loves racing on the East Coast. She’s silenced the skeptics that only thought she could win over the inner track.

“I really don’t know what I got here. She has answered every question I’ve ever asked: short, long, middle distance. What a pleasure to be associated with her! If you’re in this business long enough, great horses come along and some of them surprise you. She’s got a heart of gold. I’m really thinking she needs a little break now. We’ve nominated her to everything, so we’ll see.”

Cowgirls Don’t Cry held for third followed by Golden Dawn, Sutra and You Asked.

Prior to the Bed O’Roses, Schwartz, Hushion and Hill were enjoying a huge day.

New York-bred Grasberg ($3.80), racing with blinkers for the first time, won the sixth race, a state-bred allowance at a mile on the turf. They came back in the seventh race with P.R. Paul ($3.80), making his second start and breaking his maiden at seven furlongs. The third hit was in the eighth race when Stalingrad ($5.90) scored in an allowance at a mile and a sixteenth on the turf.

Both Grasberg and Stalingrad were previously trained by Eduardo Indo in California.

With their three-win days on Saturday, Maragh and Hill moved into a three-way tie with Cornelio Velasquez for second place in the main track jockey standings. Alan Garcia, who was shut out on Saturday, leads with 13 wins.

Hushion now has seven wins to rank third behind Bruce Levine (11) and Contessa (9).