Coach Saffie Joseph Jr. and jockey John Velazquez, who individually gained Breeders’ Cup races final week at Del Mar, resumed their graded stakes-winning methods Nov. 8 at Aqueduct Racetrack, teaming to upset the $175,000 Pebbles Stakes (G3T).
With Velazquez driving for Joseph aboard No Mo Sweet , the 3-year-old Uncle Mo filly settled off chief Macanga within the mile turf race, took over in early stretch, and outlasted favored Oversubscribed for a 1 1/4-length victory in 1:34.84. The category-rising runner paid $38.40 to win as the largest longshot within the race for 3-year-old fillies.
Velazquez, victorious on Straight No Chaser within the Nov. 2 Breeders’ Cup Dash (G1), gained the Pebbles for the sixth time in his Corridor of Fame profession.
“I simply wished to get her settled as greatest I may and once I let her exit, she responded properly,” he mentioned.
Technique to Be Marie grabbed the present.
No Mo Sweet, a bay bred by Claiborne Farm in Kentucky, turns into the primary stakes winner for the Blame mare Candy . No Mo Sweet was a $80,000 buy by Cayson Lane from her breeder’s consignment to the 2022 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
The Niall Brennan and Mike Ryan-owned filly is 3-for-4 for Joseph, whose Soul of an Angel gained the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Dash (G1) this previous Saturday.
No Mo Sweet is Uncle Mo’s eighth graded stakes winner this yr. The sire of grade 1 winners Adare Manor and Kingsbarns , Uncle Mo will stand at Ashford Stud subsequent yr for a $125,000 charge.
