Harrell Ventures and Starlight Racing’s Bat Flip brought a newfound turf affinity into his stakes debut and passed the test with flying colors, besting a field of nine juveniles in Saturday’s fifth running of the $120,000 Central Park going one mile over the Aqueduct Racetrack outer turf.
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Spendthrift Farm’s Major Dude sprung a mild upset on Sunday at Aqueduct in the $200,000 Pilgrim (G2) for 2-year-olds, gamely holding off odds-on favorite I’m Very Busy to give trainer Todd Pletcher and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. their second consecutive graded stakes win on the card.