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Stay Thirsty will try to step out of the shadow of his more heralded stablemate Uncle Mo and step onto the Triple Crown trail when he heads a field of nine entered to run in Saturday's Grade 3, $250,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct.
On an otherwise quiet weekend in the 3-year-old division, the Gotham will serve as the biggest race for Kentucky Derby hopefuls. Only five of the nine 3-year-olds entered for the 1 1/16-mile Gotham, however, were early nominees to the Triple Crown series. Only two of the Gotham entrants have won a stakes Toby's Corner the Whirlaway here last month and Preachintothedevil the Champangeforashley on New Year's Day.
The Gotham is one of four stakes on Saturday's 11-race Aqueduct program that begins at 1 p.m. The Grade 3, $150,000 Tom Fool for older sprinters, the $65,000 Fred "Cappy" Capossela for 3-year-old sprinters and the $65,000 Broadway for New York-bred female sprinters are also carded. Since those three races have only five betting interests each, they will be run early on the card.
The Gotham, which goes as race 10, is the traditional prep for the Grade 1 Wood Memorial to be run here on April 9. Mike Repole and Todd Pletcher, the owner and trainer, respectively, of Stay Thirsty, plan to be represented in the Wood by Uncle Mo, the undefeated 2-year-old champion of 2010 who is expected to make his 3-year-old debut in the Timely Writer Stakes at Gulfstream on March 12.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown2011/news/story?id=6176869
On an otherwise quiet weekend in the 3-year-old division, the Gotham will serve as the biggest race for Kentucky Derby hopefuls. Only five of the nine 3-year-olds entered for the 1 1/16-mile Gotham, however, were early nominees to the Triple Crown series. Only two of the Gotham entrants have won a stakes Toby's Corner the Whirlaway here last month and Preachintothedevil the Champangeforashley on New Year's Day.
The Gotham is one of four stakes on Saturday's 11-race Aqueduct program that begins at 1 p.m. The Grade 3, $150,000 Tom Fool for older sprinters, the $65,000 Fred "Cappy" Capossela for 3-year-old sprinters and the $65,000 Broadway for New York-bred female sprinters are also carded. Since those three races have only five betting interests each, they will be run early on the card.
The Gotham, which goes as race 10, is the traditional prep for the Grade 1 Wood Memorial to be run here on April 9. Mike Repole and Todd Pletcher, the owner and trainer, respectively, of Stay Thirsty, plan to be represented in the Wood by Uncle Mo, the undefeated 2-year-old champion of 2010 who is expected to make his 3-year-old debut in the Timely Writer Stakes at Gulfstream on March 12.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown2011/news/story?id=6176869
