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There were some anxious moments in the stretch run, but the formful Les Bon Temps was able to let the good times roll to a third career stakes triumph in Sunday’s $200,000 Park Avenue division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series, a 6 1/2-furlong test for eligible New York-sired sophomore fillies, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Deuce Greathouse, Cindy Hutson, and Brett Setzer’s Les Bon Temps doubled up on stakes scores in Saturday’s $500,000 Fifth Avenue division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series, a seven-furlong sprint for eligible New York-sired juvenile fillies, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Sleeping Giant Stables, America’s Pastime Stables and KimDon Racing’s graded stakes-placed Vacation Dance will vie for his second consecutive stakes score for trainer John Kimmel in Saturday’s $500,000 NYSSS Great White Way, a seven-furlong sprint for eligible New York-sired juveniles, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Irad Ortiz Jr. cemented his status as meet-leading rider with three wins, including two stakes scores, on Empire Showcase Day, a special 10-race card for New York-breds Sunday on closing day of the Belmont at the Big A fall meet.
"Empire Showcase Day reflects the quality, popularity and continued growth of the New York-bred program,” said Najja Thompson