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Repole Stable, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, and Michael House’s Nest passed her first test against elders with aplomb, posting a 9 3/4-length score in Sunday’s $250,000 Beldame (G2) for fillies and mare at the Belmont at the Big A fall meet.
Nest has proven her superiority amongst a highly competitive division of sophomore fillies all year long. On Sunday, the talented three-time Grade 1-winner will face a new task of taking on older fillies and mares in the 84th running of the Grade 2, $250,000 Beldame at Belmont at the Big A.
Gary Barber’s Grade 1-placed Make Mischief will make her first outing over the grass in Friday’s $125,000 John Hettinger, a nine-furlong inner turf test for New York-bred fillies and mares at the Belmont at the Big A fall meet.