Betsy Blue has more land in Interborough

Cloud Nine’s stables blue gets extra base as she looks to start her 5-year-old season on the right foot in the $100,000 Interborough Bet on mares and larger mares going seven longhairs on the main track at Aqueduct race track January 21st.

Betsy Blue, who boasts a 9-7-2 record in 20 starts and the best on-court earnings of $604,510, won by a quarter of a length in the Six-Band Roses on Days. December 10 at Aqueduct. Daughter of tone artist Go to the back of the five-horse field, move off the track onto the ramp to place the collar begin in the final steps of tuning.

Bred in New York by Blue Devil Racing Stable, the Betsy Blue was claimed by trainer Linda Rice from the claimant of the Aqueduct launch option for $50,000 in March 2021. Two starts later, she won her first bet when she won Bouwerie Stakes in May of that year Belmont Park equal to 5 1/4 of the length.

She mainly competed with the open company last year, including a six-month outing in August at Racecourse Saratoga go the Interborough distance. After a close fourth place in the October state-run Iroquois Stakes in October in Belmont in Big A, Betsy Blue first tried her hand at the Go for Wand Stakes (G3)-classified holdings (G3) on April 3. December 3, go a mile at the Aqueduct, finishing third beating eight lengths.

Rice, who caught the 2016 Interborough with La Verdad . “She likes fast speeds in front of her and then stops. But she’s quite flexible and always puts in the effort for you whether it’s a mile, seven or six (long runs).”

Rice will also guarantee Victory Move Stable’s Piece of my Heart who recently beat the local welfare company with seven runs on January 5. 6-year-old boy Spread Chestnut has finished no worse than second in her last four starts, including a runner-up attempt behind Betsy Blue in September at Ozone Park. Her final victory was her first since capturing Oaklawn Park‘s Gardenia Stakes in May 2020, while being coached by McLean Robertson. Piece of My Heart was claimed by Rice for $62,500 after finishing fourth in July in Saratoga.

“I think seven-eighths is a decent distance for her,” Rice said. The six stretchers are a bit short, she always struggles to get through that.”

Betsy Blue will be piloted by Jose Lezcano from column 5, while Kendrick Carmouche picks up the mount on Piece of My Heart, who will leave from column 3.

Aveen Campion’s Flight to Shanghai finished fourth in the Go for Wand competition for coach Horacio De Paz. 5 years old Shanghai Bobby bay boasts a consistent 3-3-2 record in 16 starts, including third place in two sets of Serena’s Song Stakes in May at Monmouth Park for former coach Jane Cibelli.

Go for Wand is the first start of Flight to Shanghai for De Paz, who says he is encouraged by the effort.

“She is very progressive and consistent in her practice,” says De Paz. “The Go for Wand competition was a pretty good and honest effort by her. If you consider the field of horses she’s competed in, it’s a huge step forward.”

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