Popular veterans Bankit and City Man each prevailed by narrow margins under jockey Joel Rosario on a special 10-race all state-bred card that featured six high-caliber stakes to celebrate the best of New York racing for Memorial Day Monday’s annual Big Apple Showcase Day at Belmont Park.
Trainer Linda Rice reported that she will likely enter Chester and Mary Broman’s New York homebred Arctic Arrogance in the Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial
Lady Sheila Stable’s New York homebred Downtown Mischief, a daughter of Spendthrift Farm's leading sire Into Mischief, kept her perfect record intact when defeating open company in Saturday’s $100,000 Cicada, a six-furlong sprint for sophomore fillies, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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Trainer Linda Rice’s strong run of form was catapulted by a decisive victory from Lady Sheila Stable New York homebred Downtown Mischief in Saturday’s Cicada, a six-furlong open company stakes for sophomore fillies. The Into Mischief bay could now target the seven-furlong $125,000 Bouwerie against fellow state-breds on May 29 at Belmont Park.