Aqueduct horses to watch: Week of March 29
MLLE. MINUIT
Trainer: Kathleen Feron
Last race: March 24, 3rd
Finish: 2nd by 2 1/4
Beyer: 63
Akindale Farm homebred was off a beat slow, circled widest into the stretch, and finished willingly, while edging forward to a new top figure in her second start of the year. Overmatched in Grade 2 Demoiselle on the main track last fall.
KARA’S MATCH POINT
Trainer: Linda Rice
Last race: March 23, 8th
Finish: 2nd by 1 1/4
Beyer: 77
She trailed by better than 16 lengths in the early going after being mugged at the start, and settled suddenly along the rail into the stretch to make up a ton of ground behind graded-stakes-placed favorite Bridgehampton in first out since Jan. 20.
IRISH WHISPER
Trainer: Jeremiah Englehart
Last race: March 21, 8th
Finish: 3rd by 1/2
Beyer: 73
This New York-bred sprinter raced closest to the early pacesetter after breaking alertly, dropped back two positions while caught in traffic at the quarter pole, and re-rallied to miss second in a photo behind Run a Dubb Dubb, who was winning her third straight.