Classy La Verdad Trying to Rebound in $100,000 Interborough Stakes
On Saturday at Aqueduct, the featured race is the $100,000 Interborough Stakes. A six-furlong contest scheduled to be run on the inner dirt track, the stakes race has drawn a field of seven fillies and mares.
La Verdad has been tabbed as the even-money favorite for trainer Linda Rice. A six-year-old daughter of Yes It’s True, the popular New York-bred mare has won fifteen times and is a top contender for the Eclipse Award for the top female sprinter in 2015. Last year, she won five of her eight starts and was second in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1). She was sixth last time out in the Fall Highweight Handicap (G3) and will have Jose Ortiz aboard from post position five.
Room for Me trying for two stakes wins in a row
Second choice at morning line odds of 5-2 is Room for Me for trainer David Jacobson. A six-year-old daughter of Harlington, she is a nine-time career winner and a multiple stakes winner. After a poor performance in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1), she rebounded to win the Garland of Roses Stakes last time out at Aqueduct. Cornelio Velasquez will be aboard from post position four.
Willet looking for second straight Interborough win
Also in the field at morning line odds of 12-1 is Willet for trainer James Iselin. An eight-year-old daughter of Jump Start, the veteran mare is a ten-time winner and won the 2015 edition of the Interborough Stakes. She was last seen winning an allowance race at Aqueduct and has had a workout since that effort. Angel Arroyo will be in the irons and they will break from post three as she tries for a repeat.
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