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Nicole H Much the Best in Distaff Handicap

Nicole H Much the Best in Distaff Handicap

Nicole H picked up her third straight victory and first in a graded stakes with an easy 2 1/2-length score in the $150,000 Distaff Handicap (gr. II) for fillies and mares April 16 at Aqueduct.

 Saturday, April 16, 2011
Short Field for Distaff Handicap

Short Field for Distaff Handicap

Led by 8-5 morning-line favorite Nicole H, a field of only five filly and mare sprinters will line up for the $150,000 Distaff Handicap (gr. II) April 16 at Aqueduct.

 Thursday, April 14, 2011
Tar Heel Mom Gets Elusive Graded Victory

Tar Heel Mom Gets Elusive Graded Victory

Alex Rankin's 9-5 favorite Tar Heel Mom repelled a big from Hour Glass in upper stretch and bounded home for a 2 1/2-length win in the $150,000 Distaff Handicap (gr. II) April 17 at Aqueduct.

 Saturday, April 17, 2010
Justwhistledixie Could Be Back in Right Spot

Justwhistledixie Could Be Back in Right Spot

Justwhistledixie, who is trying to regain the winning touch she had early in her sophomore season, takes on five fillies and mares all seeking their first graded stakes victory April 17 in the $150,000 Distaff Handicap

 Thursday, April 15, 2010
Secret Gypsy Earns Grade in Distaff H.

Secret Gypsy Earns Grade in Distaff H.

Odds-on choice Secret Gypsy made the long trip from New Orleans to earn the first graded stakes win of her career when she captured the $149,800 Distaff Handicap (gr. II) by 1 1/4 lengths at Aqueduct March 21.

 Saturday, March 21, 2009
Fritchie Winner Tries Aqueduct's Distaff

Fritchie Winner Tries Aqueduct's Distaff

Royale Michele, the Mountaineer Park shipper who won the Barbara Fritchie Handicap (gr. II) in a 10-1 surprise in her last start, takes on a small but tough field in Aqueduct's $150,000 Distaff Handicap March 21.

 Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Shuvee Handicap Brings Out Rite Moment

Shuvee Handicap Brings Out Rite Moment

There will be racing at other locations besides Pimlico on May 17, although most of the nation will be prone to forget it. At Belmont Park in the $150,000 Shuvee Handicap (gr. II), older fillies and mares head out a mile on the New York dirt just one hour before the Preakness Stakes (gr. I) goes off in Maryland.

 Thursday, May 15, 2008
Rite Moment Gets Break in Distaff 'Cap

Rite Moment Gets Break in Distaff 'Cap

Rite Moment benefited from a clean start in Aqueduct's $150,000 Distaff Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. II) March 22, wrapping up her fourth win from five starts over the inner track.

 Saturday, March 22, 2008
Distaff May Belong to Control System

Distaff May Belong to Control System

Maryland-based trainer Michael Trombetta will start a pair of 4-year-old fillies in the $150,000 Distaff Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. II) March 22 at Aqueduct, including probable favorite Control System, the only graded stakes winner in the field of six.

 Thursday, March 20, 2008

Randaroo Wins Early Duel, Romps in Distaff

Joseph Allen's Randaroo had everything going her way in Saturday $147,900 Distaff Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. II) at seven furlongs at Aqueduct. With Richard Migliore aboard, she got an early lead and left Storm Flag Flying in her wake.

 Saturday, March 27, 2004