Najja Thompson

Multiple graded stakes winner Vertical Oak, set to make her first start since capturing the Dream Supreme on November 4 at Churchill Downs, will headline a competitive field of five in the 33rd edition of the $100,000 Garland of Roses for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up going six furlongs on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Keith McCalmont

​Patternrecognition continued a winning trend by notching his third victory in succession with a powerful front-running performance to capture the 30th renewal of the Grade 1, $750,000 Cigar Mile Handicap presented by NYRA Bets on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Najja Thompson

Set to make her first start since finishing fourth in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint on November 3 at Churchill Downs, Cicero Farms' multiple graded stakes winner Marley's Freedom will headline a field of eight in the 79th running of the Grade 3, $250,000 Go For Wand for fillies and mares going one mile on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack.

NYRA Press Office

Seven promising 2-year-old fillies are set to square off in the 96th running of the Grade 2, $250,000 Demoiselle on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack led by the regally bred Enliven for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin and Godolphin.

Keith McCalmont

The globetrotting Grade 1 winner Mendelssohn, Grade 2 Kelso victor Patternrecognition and emerging star Copper Town headline a talented field of eight for the 30th running of the Grade 1, $750,000 Cigar Mile Handicap, presented by NYRA Bets, on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Brian Bohl

A wide-open field of seven juveniles will look to earn their first respective graded stakes win when they compete in the Grade 2, $250,000 Remsen as part of a stacked Cigar Mile Day Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack.