Najja Thompson
Making her first start since winning the Grade 3, $200,000 Comely on November 29, Mathis Stable’s Bellera didn’t disappoint her backers fending off a game effort by Lucky Move in deep stretch to win the 149th renewal of the $100,000 Ladies Handicap on Sunday at Aqueduct Racetrack.
NYRA Press Office
Trainer Gregg Sacco said Grade 3, $150,000 Toboggan winner Mind Control emerged in good order from his triumphant 2020 debut on a snowy Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Ryan Martin
A three-horse photo finish in the 127th edition of Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Toboggan went to dual Grade 1-winner Mind Control as he made his 2020 debut a winning one in holding off a late charge from graded stakes winners Nicodemus and Sunny Ridge in the Aqueduct Racetrack stretch.
NYRA Press Office
William J. Butler's A Freud of Mama, under a patient Jorge Vargas, Jr. ride, stalked and pounced to a convincing score in Saturday's $100,000 Franklin Square at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Brian Bohl
Fresh off two stellar efforts over Aqueduct Racetrack's main track, Saguaro Row will look to sustain that momentum in her 5-year-old debut in the 99th running of the $100,000 Interborough for fillies and mares 4-years-old and up on a special Monday holiday card at the Big A.
Najja Thompson
This week's Across the Board with Andy Serling podcast, featuring an interview with retired jockey and current NYRA valet and exercise rider Nick Santagata, is now available for download.
Brian Bohl
Trainer Todd Pletcher will send out a pair of stakes winners looking to make their respective 2020 debuts when Mathis Stable's Bellera and Kip Knelman's Another Broad compete in Sunday's 149th running of the $100,000 Ladies for fillies and mares 4-years-old and up at Aqueduct Racetrack.
