Photo:
Walter Wlodarczyk / NYRA
Undefeated stakes winners Sand Devil and Sacrosanct were
among the 10 horses entered Sunday for next weekend’s Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham,
Aqueduct’s next step on the road to Kentucky Derby 2025.
Saturday’s one-turn mile will be worth 50-25-15-10-5 points
to the top five finishers, making it a virtual win-and-you’re-in for the May 3
run for the roses.
Click here for Aqueduct entries and results.
Sand Devil, a Chester Broman homebred from New York, ran his
record to 3-for-3 when he won by a neck Feb. 8 as the 1-5 favorite in the seven-furlong
Damon Runyon at the Big A. The Violence colt trained by Linda Rice earned a 93
Beyer Speed Figure, according to Daily Racing Form. José Lezcano keeps the
ride and goes from post 5.
Sacrosanct, who sports a 4-for-4 mark, will be just to the
inside in post 4 with his regular rider Manny Franco. Favored in all his
starts, the Honest Mischief colt trained by Brad Cox won by a head at Aqueduct
on Dec. 14 in the New York Stallion Series Great White Way. Coming back from more
than two months off, Sacrosanct has won three restricted stakes, two going
seven furlongs and one at a mile.
Two other entrants also bring undefeated records to the
Gotham, albeit from only one start each. Garamonde, a Juddmonte-bred, Chad
Brown-trained colt by Uncle Mo, scored going 1 3/4 lengths at Tampa Bay Downs.
Pagode won first out on the Turfway Park synthetic course. Both those Jan. 25
races were 6 1/2 furlongs.
The Gotham will be the eighth race on Saturday’s card at
Aqueduct.
Post | Silks | Horse / Sire | Rating | Trainer / Jockey | Last start | Status |
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1 |
|
Scorching Mo Town |
5.12 |
1st, Cup and Saucer |
Entered | |
Last race |
1st, Cup and Saucer |
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2 |
|
Normandy Coast Omaha Beach |
6.12 | Entered | ||
Last race |
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3 |
|
Calling Card Complexity |
6.06 | Entered | ||
Last race |
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4 |
|
Sacrosanct Honest Mischief |
6.47 | Entered | ||
Last race |
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5 |
|
Sand Devil Violence |
6.12 | Entered | ||
Last race |
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6 |
|
Pagode Constitution |
Entered | |||
Last race |
1st, TP, MSW, 1/25/25 R5 | |||||
7 |
|
Flood Zone Frosted |
Entered | |||
Last race |
1st, GP, MSW, 1/4/25 R8 | |||||
8 |
|
Mcafee Cloud Computing |
2nd, CD, str, 11/24/2024 R1 | Entered | ||
Last race |
2nd, CD, str, 11/24/2024 R1 |
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9 |
|
Garamond Uncle Mo |
1st, Tam, MSW, 1/25/25 R8 | Entered | ||
Last race |
1st, Tam, MSW, 1/25/25 R8 | |||||
10 |
|
My Mitole Mitole |
Entered | |||
Last race |
1st, Aqu, str, 2/14/25 R6 |
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