Aqueduct: Teen Pauline must hit the road
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – After sweeping Aqueduct’s winter series of two-turn stakes for fillies and mares, Teen Pauline will likely be headed out of town for her next start.
Trainer Todd Pletcher, via text message, indicated Thursday that Teen Pauline could run next in either the Grade 1, $500,000 Apple Blossom Handicap at 1 1/16 miles at Oaklawn on April 11 or the Grade 3, $150,000 Sixty Sails Handicap at 1 1/8 miles at Hawthorne on April 19.
Pletcher said the intent is to keep Teen Pauline racing around two turns. There are no two-turn stakes for fillies and mares in New York until the Saratoga meet.
Last Saturday, Teen Pauline captured her third consecutive front-running victory when she overcame a slight stumble at the break to win the Grade 2 Top Flight Handicap by 2 1/2 lengths over Centring. She added the Top Flight to earlier front-running victories in the Ladies Handicap on Jan. 25 and the Affectionately on Jan. 1.
Teen Pauline, who in her career debut set a track record for five furlongs at Saratoga, is now 5 for 11 with career earnings of $461,300. A 4-year-old daughter of Tapit, Teen Pauline is owned and bred by Stonestreet Stables.