OZONE PARK, N.Y. – A beaten favorite in the Pumpkin Pie Stakes here four weeks ago, Indulgent rebounded at a big price Saturday, holding off Highway Star in the stretch to win the Grade 3, $200,000 Go for Wand Handicap by one length at Aqueduct. Highway Star, who won this race last year, was second by a half-length over Verve’s Tale. Going for Broke, Lucy N Ethel, Flora Dora, and Jamyson N’ Ginger, the 8-5 favorite, completed the order of finish. It was the fourth win from 12 career starts for Indulgent, but it was her first stakes victory in her seventh attempt at such a race. As a half-sister to the multiple Grade 1 winner Frosted, the graded stakes makes Indulgent that much more valuable as a potential broodmare prospect. Indulgent is a homebred of Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum’s Godolphin Racing operation. “That was big,” trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said from south Florida. “We’ve tried win a couple of overnight stakes because she was graded stakes-placed before. She has to want a mile with her pedigree.” :: Get extended Cyber Monday discounts on PPs, digital subscriptions, and more! Indulgent had only tried a mile once before and she finished last in the Grad 2 Ruffian over a sloppy Belmont main tack in May. In her most recent start, she finished second to Lucy N Ethel in the Pumpkin Pie Stakes as the 6-5 favorite, but was stuck down toward the inside in that race. “Last time she was a little intimidated and the rail was heavy that day and when I asked her she didn’t take off,” Saez said. “Today, the outside post, that was perfect for her.” McLaughlin said that he instructed Saez to keep Indulgent outside and in the clear, whether she was second or fifth early on. Indulgent set up shop in second, stalking Lucy N Ethel through a half-mile in 46.82 seconds and six furlongs in 1:11.43. Turning for home, Indulgent took over from Lucy N Ethel and though Highway Star looked poised to make a run at her in the stretch, she flattened out in the last sixteenth. Highway Star was the 123-pound highweight and carried seven more pounds than Indulgent. Angel Arroyo, the rider of Highway Star, said he thought at the three-eighths pole he was going to win the race. In the end, Arroyo, believes the cross-country trip to Southern California for the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint where she finished 11th took its toll. “I think that’s why we lost the race,” Arroyo said. Despite the loss, Highway Star, a New York-bred daughter of Girolamo, surpassed the $1 million mark in career earnings ($1,009,000). Indulgent, a 4-year-old daughter of Bernardini, covered the mile in 1:37.75 and returned $27.40 to win. Jimmy Bell, president of Godolphin USA, said Indulgent’s future will be determined at a later date. “I don’t know if this is her last race, but this is her most important race,” Bell said.