By now, trainer Jorge Delgado is used to calling audibles with Super Chow, one of the main contenders in Saturday’s Grade 3, $175,000 Tom Fool Handicap for 4-year-olds and up traveling six furlongs at Aqueduct. After just missing by a neck in a second-level allowance at Gulfstream on Christmas Eve, Super Chow cross-entered in a similar spot there Jan. 20 as well as Laurel Park’s Fire Plug Stakes that same afternoon. Delgado chose Laurel, but the weather wouldn’t cooperate. The Fire Plug was postponed, and Delgado shipped to New York for the Grade 3 Toboggan. Undaunted, Super Chow coasted on an uncontested lead over that muddy track to earn his first graded victory. It was also the first stakes win for his rider, apprentice jockey Madison Olver. :: Bet the races with a $200 First Deposit Match + FREE All Access PPs! Join DRF Bets. As has become routine, fate threw Super Chow a curveball. Instead of returning to Delgado’s South Florida base after the Toboggan, quarantine issues kept Super Chow at Belmont, where he prepared for the Tom Fool with two half-mile breezes over the training track. While Super Chow controlled the pace in the Toboggan, horses like Rotknee and Durante might pressure him Saturday. Rotknee, a five-time stakes winner against New York-breds, proved his mettle against open company at Aqueduct late last year with a third in the Grade 3 Fall Highweight followed by a runner-up effort in the Gravesend. Like Super Chow, Rotknee likes wet footing. As of Thursday morning, there is an 80 percent chance of rain in the area. Trainer David Jacobson entered two. Durante captured the Grade 3 Bold Ruler over course and distance during the fall, then placed in both the Fall Highweight and Gravesend. Sent to Oaklawn for a route try in the Fifth Season Jan. 27, he missed the break then failed to threaten. Stage Left exits fourth-place finishes in both the Toboggan and Gravesend. Listentoyourheart bumps up in class after a second-level allowance win over a sloppy track Feb. 2 for trainer Ray Handal. Listentoyourheart earned two triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures last spring, and Handal credits jockey Katie Davis for helping the gelding reach his potential. “He’s kind of a goofball but Katie rides him in the morning and gets along with him really well. We put blinkers on him.Katie and I came up with that together,” Handal told track publicity. “Since we put the blinkers on him, he has really turned the page.” Manny Wah, winless since Keeneland’s Grade 2 Phoenix in 2022, ran second in the Toboggan when forced to race closer to the pace than usual. The 8-year-old might receive stronger fractions to attack but might be most effective on fast going. Twenty Four Mamba steps up seeking his third consecutive victory. Penn National invader Downtowncharlybrown completes the field. Coastal Mission leads Stymie The star West Virginia-bred Coastal Mission makes his seasonal debut in the $150,000 Stymie for 4-year-olds and up over a one-turn mile. Trained by Jeff Runco, Coastal Mission has won 11 of 17 lifetime starts. He had a six-race win streak snapped when fifth in the Cigar Mile, a race where he was bumped along the inside on the backstretch. “Personally, I think it probably cost him third,” Runco told Daily Racing Form. “He got off bad, had to rush up, and was not in a great spot.” Coastal Mission missed some time in late December due to a foot bruise but breezed twice last month. “He’s back doing just fine and should be ready to go,” added Runco, who believes the gelding will be close to the early pace. Petulante might be the most interesting entrant. Never out of the exacta from six tries, the 5-year-old won three straight starts, including Monmouth’s Grade 3 Salvator Mile June 17 before going to the sidelines. Petulante was sent to Rick Dutrow Jr. last fall by owner Luis Gavignano’s Lugamo Racing Stables. He initially suffered from foot issues, but has trained in glue-on shoes, and has been on a steady work pattern since early January. Petulante was scratched from an allowance at Aqueduct Feb. 23. Dutrow also entered Kinetic Sky, the beaten favorite in the Toboggan. Previously third in the Queens County, Kinetic Sky might appreciate stretching out a furlong. Castle Chaos was cross entered in Saturday’s Gulfstream Park Mile but runs here. A rallying third in the Cigar despite dealing with an inside, speed-favoring track, Castle Chaos then finished a wide second, beaten a nose, in Gulfstream’s Fred W. Hooper Jan. 27. Double Crown upset the Grade 2 Kelso over course and distance in 2022. He just missed in Laurel’s John B. Campbell two weeks ago. Laughing Boy might set the pace. Stablemate Quality Chic gave a good try when second in the Queens County, then was fifth in an allowance race in his first start of 2024. Iron Works also entered. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.