Beer: Aqueduct horses to watch for week of Jan. 2
KRISTI Q
Trainer: Patrick Quick
Last race: Dec. 30, 1st
Finish: 3rd by 1
Beyer: 51
Two-year-old filly by Freud raced very greenly and was looking a little lost early on in debut, before leveling off with a good run at the end.
LUCKY LOTTO
Trainer: Michelle Nevin
Last race: Dec. 30, 5th
Finish: 4th by 6 3/4
Beyer: 73
Inner-dirt-loving gelding, now 9, has been rounding back into form for an excellent trainer. He was out of position all the way, then stalled behind horses around the second turn in a race that was domintaed up front.
BENEVOLENCE
Trainer: Kiaran McLaughlin
Last race: Dec. 30, 6th
Finish: 5th by 4 3/4
Beyer: 79
Has speed, but never got to use it when bumped and squeezed back to last early in a New York-bred sprint that was taken by the front-runners. Still came with a game run through the stretch, which offers a new dimension for newly turned 4-year-old going forward.
BACKSIDEOFTHEMOON
Trainer: Leo O'Brien
Last race: December 30, 8th
Finish: 2nd by 3/4
Beyer: 94
Underrated ridgling was stuck behind horses as the eventual winner was breaking clear up front, and couldn't erase the deficit while gamely making up ground all the way to the wire.