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"She's been sort of dragging behind more than I'd like to see her do in her races lately. I thought she breezed excellent.

Stakes action will make its return to Belmont Park on Friday as trainer Christophe Clement will saddle a pair of formidable contenders in Atomic Blonde and Amazing Grace to headline a compact field of five older fillies and mares going 1 3/8 miles on the inner turf in the Grade 2, $200,000 Sheepshead Bay to help highlight the second day of the spring/summer meet.

Mommasgottarun returned off just five days rest to make the grade for trainer Linda Rice in Friday’s Grade 3 Distaff Handicap at Aqueduct.

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Klaravich Stables’ Interpolate notched her first stakes triumph for trainer Chad Brown in Sunday’s $100,000 Ruthless, a seven-furlong sprint for sophomore fillies, at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Cloud Nine Stable’s graded-stakes placed New York-bred Betsy Blue picked up her second straight open-company stakes score in Saturday’s $100,000 Interborough, a seven-furlong sprint for older fillies and mares at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Friday’s Pick 6 sequence at Aqueduct Racetrack will begin in Race 3 [1:47 p.m. Eastern]. First post is 12:50 p.m.

The first full weekend of live racing action in 2023 features a pair of Kentucky Derby prep races – the Jerome Stakes from Aqueduct on Saturday and the Sham Stakes from Santa Anita on Sunday.

Arctic Arrogance will vie for his first open company stakes score in Saturday’s $150,000 Jerome, a one-turn mile for sophomores, at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Practical Move defeated three of trainer Bob Baffert's 2-year-olds in the Los Alamito Futurity to move into Kentucky Derby contention.