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Swill faces four in Jerome Dec 30, 2020 by James Scully/TwinSpires.com Following a fourth in the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) at Churchill Downs, Swill will look to gain additional qualifying points toward a Kentucky Derby berth when he lines up for Saturday’s $150,000 Jerome S. at Aqueduct. The 3-year-old will meet four rivals over a one-turn mile in the New Year’s Day feature. The Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifier will award points on a 10-4-2-1 scale to the top four finishers...

Expert Pick of the Week: Jerome Stakes Dec 30, 2020 John Mucciolo/TwinSpires.com Eagle Orb wins the Notebook Stakes at Aqueduct (Coglianese Photos/Chelsea Durand) A compact field of five newly turned sophomores will travel a mile on the Aqueduct main strip in Friday’s $150,000 Jerome S. The top-four finishers of the New Year’s Day feature will earn points on a 10-4-2-1 basis in the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series contest. I have liked the improvement shown by Eag...

Backsideofthemoon Earns Career Best Beyer In Return To Rudy Rodriguez Barn Sponsored by: Backsideofthemoon, shown winning the 2018 Jazil Stakes, could surface in that race again next month following his Queens County victory for Repole Stables and trainer Rody Rodriguez Trainer Rudy Rodriguez reported that all was well with Repole Stables Backsideofthemoon, who registered his first stakes win in nearly three years when capturing the nine-furlong $100,000 Queens County on Saturday at A...

Sponsored by: Eagle Orb and Manny Franco winning the Notebook at Aqueduct E.V. Racings Eagle Orb is training forwardly off a victory in the Notebook on November 14 and the Orb colt could make his next start in the $150,000 Jerome on New Years Day at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, N.Y., trainer Rudy Rodriguez said Sunday morning. The Jerome, for newly minted 3-year-olds going one-mile, is a prep for the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby on May 1, offering 10-4-2-1 qualifying points to the top-...