Saturday,
Feb. 11
Withers
Stakes – Aqueduct Racetrack
Win: Hit
Show
The three-year
old colt is trained by Brad Cox and he has raced for Gary and Mary West Stables
Inc. He finished first place in a one mile Allowance race at Oaklawn Park on
Dec. 17 as a juvenile. Hit Show posted a time of 1:38.17 over Invulnerable and Protégé
at this track.
As a son of Candy
Ride, he was bred to go over a mile on dirt as one of the legitimate contenders
for the 2023 Kentucky Derby. Hit Show has won twice in three races in his
two-year old career at Keeneland and Oaklawn.
Place: Arctic
Arrogance
Arctic Arrogance
has finished first or second in five races since a six-furlong sprint on Sept.
5 of last year. He is trained by Linda Rice and bred in New York. In his last
two stake races, Arctic Arrogance place second place with Dubyuhnell and Lugan
Knight taking first.
Sired by Frosted,
he raced at Belmont Park, Saratoga and Aqueduct in New York’s horse tracks. Because
of his New York roots, Arctic Arrogance will gain a home-track advantage in the
Withers Stakes this Saturday.
Show:
General Banker
The New
York-bred three-year old also has a home-track advantage in this race. His last
three races are at Aqueduct, including a third-place showing in the Jerome
Stakes on Jan. 7 of this year. General Banker has finished first, second or
third at Belmont Park, Saratoga and Aqueduct in five of the seven races he has
run at New York horse tracks.
General Banker
is a son of Central Banker and he has competed on dirt and turf from a 5 ½ mile
sprint race to 1 1/16 miles. He is stepping up in distance and grade in the
Withers Stakes, but he won his stakes race on Dec. 17 at Aqueduct in the New York Stallions Great
White Way.
Previously posted at ScoresandStats.com