The Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack this Saturday is a wide-open affair that could see a new, speedy Kentucky Derby threat emerge — at possibly high odds.
Since turning back to a one-turn, one-mile race in 2018 after the track’s renovation brought the inner dirt track to an end, the Gotham has been something of a gray area on the Derby trail. The distance and one-turn configuration is favorable to both route horses and sprinters, so depending on the stamina and pedigree, the winner may not even be pointed to the Kentucky Derby, opting instead for one-turn stakes like the Pat Day Mile on Derby Day.
They include Carmel Road, a former Bob Baffert trainee who ran second in the Los Alamitos Futurity back in December; Transect, who won both his career starts this year in a pair of Turfway Park sprints; Recruiter, winner of four straight including the Parx Nursery at Parx Racing in Philadelphia; and a pair of Brad Cox-trained runners in Slip Mahoney, who won a one-mile maiden race at Aqueduct last out; and Eyeing Clover, winner of two recent sprints at the Fair Grounds and Oaklawn Park.
Lugan Knight is a deserving morning line favorite in the Gotham, but the influx of out-of-towners and front-running speed could doom his chances. The biggest threats in the field, not surprisingly, are both of Cox’s entrants – and he’s already got a loaded stable on the Derby trail. So far, in prep after prep, the pacesetters have completely disintegrated in the last quarter-mile, with closers – usually longshots – trudging on by.
Meanwhile, Clubhouse looked like a horse in need of another couple of furlongs in his last race, a 6 furlong sprint; not only will he get the extra ground he wants in the Gotham, but he’ll also be reunited with local jockey Kendrick Carmouche, who won with him two starts back at 7 furlongs.Confidence Game may have impressed with his upset win in last Saturday’s Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park, but the best performance in the contest might have come from third-place finisher Reincarnate.
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