OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Saturday at Aqueduct had not been particularly kind to trainer Bill Mott or jockey Kendrick Carmouche by the time the last race, the Grade 3, $200,000 Long Island Stakes, came around. Mott had gone winless with six starters, including four stakes horses who did not finish in the money. Meanwhile, Carmouche was 0 for 7 with three second-place finishes in stakes. Worse, Carmouche was aboard a maiden, Sweet Rhythm, who went down in the middle of the far turn on the turf and suffered fatal injuries to her left foreleg. Carmouche was fortunate to escape with no serious injuries. Ben Curtis, another rider whose horse fell in that maiden race, was taken to Jamaica Hospital complaining of leg pain. “I’m glad I escaped that,” said Carmouche, who added he got hit in the shin and the rear end by other horses’ hooves. “It’s not an easy game.” :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. Mott and Carmouche salvaged their difficult Saturday when Alluring Angel took over from a passive Javier Castellano aboard Beach Bomb coming to the the wire the first time and continued on to a 1 1/4-length victory in the Long Island. No Show Sammy Jo, second-to-last after three-quarters of a mile run in a pedestrian 1:17.29, rallied to get second by a half-length over Beach Bomb. “It was getting to be a long day,” Mott said after the race but before going to the winner’s circle. Mott credited his owner Lawrence Goichman with suggesting to stretch Alluring Angel out in distance, which Mott did in the Grade 3 Waya Stakes last October. Alluring Angel finished third. Mott also credited his assistant, Leana Willaford, with suggesting to put blinkers on for the Waya, which saw her run a much-improved effort. But perhaps Carmouche deserves the most credit for making the early move that he did, putting Alluring Angel on the lead after a half-mile run in 51.12 seconds. Alluring Angel maintained a one-length lead before coming to the stretch when she extended her margin to three lengths by midstretch before drifting out, which she is known to do. “It was too slow,” Carmouche said. “Javier’s filly ran in the race two back and went that slow, she didn’t quicken that much, so I just wanted to take the lead. Why not? They were walking. My filly, second time with blinkers, she [had her ears up] the whole way. She knew she was a winner.” Mott said he was happy to see Carmouche move when he did. “We looked and there was not much speed, he said he thought Javier would try to make the pace and he tried to slow it down so much he said he hollered at him ‘how slow do you want to go?’ " Mott said. Alluring Angel, a 5-year-old Great Britain-bred daughter of Fastnet Rock, covered the 1 3/8 miles in 2:17.07 (94 Beyer Speed Figure) over firm turf and returned $17.82 to win as the fifth choice in the field of 10. Mott said Goichman pulled Alluring Angel out of a sale to run here. Now, Mott said, he thinks Alluring Angel could become part of Goichman’s broodmare band after perhaps a race or two early in 2026. No Show Sammy Jo finished second in the Long Island for the second consecutive year, besting her Graham Motion-trained stablemate Beach Bomb, the 8-5 favorite, by a half-length for second. “Javier’s kind of kicking himself, he thought that horse [Alluring Angel] was being a bit rank, he probably should have gone on, but he was worried about getting hooked up,” Motion said. “Look, they both ran super. It’s obviously disappointing, but at the same time you got to be happy with how they both ran.” Motion believes Beach Bomb may be retired, but that No Show Sammy Jo could race again in 2026. Following Beach Bomb in the order of finish were Grayosh, Way to Be Marie, Fun With Flags, Alimara, Amber Cascade, Lady Firefoot and Brocknardini. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.