On Saturday at Aqueduct, the featured race is the $200,000 Jerome Stakes. Restricted to newly-turned three-year-olds, the Grade 3 event will be run at a mile and seventy yards and has drawn a field of nine colts and geldings.
Flexibility tops the field as the heavy favorite at even-money odds on the morning line for trainer Chad Brown. A bay son of Bluegrass Cat, he was purchased for $185,000 as a juvenile and has been on the board in all three starts. After breaking his maiden in his debut, he was second in both starts against graded stakes company in the Remsen Stakes (G2) and Nashua Stakes (G2). Irad Ortiz, Jr. will be aboard and they will break from post position four.
Second choice at morning line odds of 4-1 is Vorticity for trainer James Lawrence, II. A bay son of Distorted Humor, he has won two of his three starts and will be trying to earn his second consecutive stakes victory. He finished third in his debut and broke his maiden in his subsequent start. His stakes debut in the Marylander Stakes was successful. Jose Ortiz will be aboard from post five.
Also in the field at morning line odds of 15-1 is Donegal Moon for trainer Todd Pletcher. A chestnut son of Malibu Moon, he was purchased for $220,000 as a yearling by Donegal Racing and has one win from five outings. He broke his maiden in his fourth start and was fifth in the Remsen Stakes (G2) in his stakes debut. Manuel Franco will be aboard and they will break from post three as he tries for his first stakes win.
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