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Gary Barber’s Grade 1-placed Make Mischief will make her first outing over the grass in Friday’s $125,000 John Hettinger, a nine-furlong inner turf test for New York-bred fillies and mares at the Belmont at the Big A fall meet.
After three frustrating near-misses to start her 5-year-old campaign, Vigilantes Way was able to break through on Saturday at Monmouth Park in a performance that trainer Shug McGaughey said “was overdue for her.”
After a 1-2 finish in the Monmouth Cup (G3) on the Haskell Day card at Monmouth Park Saturday, trainer Chad Brown returned to win the next race, the $210,000 WinStar Matchmaker Stakes (G3), in similar fashion with Lemista leading in stablemate Fluffy Socks.
Owner Peter Brant and trainer Chad Brown were in the winner's circle after the Grade 1, $750,000 New York Stakes on Friday at Belmont Park, but it wasn't with the entrant the tote board might have suggested.
A total of nine Grade 1 races highlight this weekend's Belmont Stakes Racing Festival in Elmont, N.Y., with one Friday and eight on Saturday