Unbeaten Muhimma Stretches Out in Aqueduct’s Demoiselle

Shadwell Secure’s Muhimma , a dominant winner by two profession begins, steps into stakes firm for the primary time Dec. 7 as she faces 9 opponents within the $250,000 Demoiselle Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Profitable each begins by a mixed 13 lengths, the daughter of Munnings   seems to be one other weapon within the arsenal of Brad Cox’s 2-year-old fillies. Cox trains the highest two level earners on the Street to the Kentucky Oaks in Immersive  and Good Cheer . A victory with Muhimma Saturday would give him 5 victories with three completely different fillies on the Kentucky Oaks (G1) path by the primary eight qualifiers. The highest 5 Demoiselle finishers will obtain factors on a 10-5-3-2-1 scale.

A well-known face will break beside her in Storyteller Racing and Micha Schroeck’s Liam within the Mud . Runner-up in September’s Pocahontas Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs, the Rodolphe Brisset trainee was crushed 5 1/2 lengths by Muhimma when second in allowance firm beneath the Twin Spires Nov. 1. Previous to that, she was soundly crushed and eased when seventh within the Alcibiades Stakes (G1) at Keeneland.

“It was an important race for me and for her to see if she will be able to redeem herself,” Brisset mentioned of the Nov. 1 allowance. “She broke clear and obtained into a good spot the place Luan (Machado) needed to verify up fairly laborious and we misplaced quite a lot of floor. She obtained the kickback for the primary time and he or she had all the chance to give up and say she had sufficient, however she really made a run within the flip. (Muhimma) was already gone, however she galloped out sturdy after the wire.”

The sphere additionally incorporates a pair of debut maiden winners making their second begins.

Emily Bushnell and Pam Wygod’s Magnificence Reigns  was a sport winner going 6 1/2 furlongs at Aqueduct Nov. 8 whereas urgent the tempo and successful a stretch-long duel for Corridor of Fame coach Invoice Mott.

Good Guys Stables’ Michelle  ships up from Laurel Park for coach Brittany Russell after working down a free frontrunning favourite and drawing off to win by 4 lengths in her six-furlong debut Oct. 26.

Occult Leads Large-Open Go For Wand

4 races earlier, older fillies and mares will race a one-turn mile within the $200,000 Go for Wand Stakes (G3). The sphere seems huge open on paper, and several other connections could also be utilizing this begin to decide what 2025 will maintain for his or her runners.

Alpha Delta Stables’ Occult  has not visited the winner’s circle for the reason that July 2023 Monmouth Oaks (G3) however enters with the classiest competitors in her working traces. Second in three of her 4 begins this season, the Chad Brown-trained 4-year-old Into Mischief   filly final completed a best-of-the-rest second to champion Idiomatic  within the Spinster Stakes (G1) at Keeneland Oct. 6. Two of her three profession victories have come at Aqueduct and he or she completed within the exacta in each makes an attempt on the distance.

Brown additionally enters Peter Brant’s grade 3 winner Shidabhuti , who holds a 3-0-2 file from six begins at Aqueduct. She exits a two-length allowance win at Keeneland Oct. 13.

Godolphin homebred and Cox-trained Comparative  seemed primed for a giant 12 months after consecutive stakes victories to begin 2024, together with the Bayakoa Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park in February. Nonetheless, two straight losses led to an eight-month layoff. Final 12 months, she bounced again from a six-month layoff to win a one-turn mile at Aqueduct in opposition to allowance firm.

“She’s coming into it nice. It is just like what we did along with her final 12 months and getting her began again after a freshening,” Cox mentioned. “She does like Aqueduct and it is a great place to get her began. We have to discover out over the subsequent few months if we wish to pursue racing subsequent 12 months or breed her. We obtained slightly window to seek out out if that is what she needs to do and if she’ll transfer ahead on the age of 5.”

Likewise, KimDon Racing’s Tizzy within the Sky  makes her first look since ending sixth to Randomized  and Idiomatic within the June 8 Ogden Phipps Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course. Previous to that, the 5-year-old mare picked up a nine-length win in Aqueduct’s Prime Flight Invitational.