Cash Offer, Kept True clash again in Broadway Stakes

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Now that Cash Offer has shown a new dimension, she will try to continue her ascension in the New York-bred filly and mare sprint division when she seeks her third consecutive victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Broadway Stakes at Aqueduct.

A front-running type early in her career, Cash Offer demonstrated the ability to be successful from off the pace by winning a second-level New York-bred allowance going six furlongs on Dec. 6 and capturing the La Verdad going seven furlongs on Jan. 4.

Mark Hennig, who trains Cash Offer for Paul Reddam, said Cash Offer first showed the ability to rate in an allowance at Belmont last July when she finished second.

“When we were looking at the possibility of stretching out to seven-eighths, I didn’t think she was going to do that wire to wire,” Hennig said. “In the [Dec. 6] allowance race, there was plenty of pace, so we decided let’s see how she does sitting just a little off of it and she handled that well.”

In the La Verdad, Cash Offer benefited from Kept True applying pressure on odds-on favorite Pauseforthecause. Kept True took over from Pauseforthecause in midstretch, but Cash Offer ran her down.

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Kept True is back in this field, and there are some things that may play in her favor in an attempt to turn the tables on Cash Offer.

First, the Broadway is at six furlongs, or one furlong shorter than the La Verdad. Kept True has won twice at six furlongs. Second, Kept True gets in at 118 pounds, a six-pound concession from Cash Offer. In the La Verdad, the two raced at level weights.

Leah Gyarmati, the trainer of Kept True, said she was hoping somebody else was going to push Pauseforthecause in the La Verdad and that her filly could rate.

“The horse that won last time was where I was hoping to be early on,” Gyarmati said. “But she ran well and she’s certainly suited to six furlongs. It is a very evenly matched race.”

Out of Orbit, from the rail, and Stonesintheroad, on the outside, look like the primary speed of the Broadway.

Hay Field is an interesting contender. The 7-year-old mare has won three straight, a streak that began with a victory over Cash Offer on Nov. 7. Last July, she was beaten a neck by Kept True.

Hay Field has been claimed five straight times, most recently by Antonio Arriaga on Feb. 2. Arriaga has stated his biggest concern is running back on short rest.

Bluegrass Jamboree has just one win in her last 13 starts, but she did finish second to Kept True in an allowance here Dec. 20.

The Broadway will go as race 8 on a nine-raced that begins at 1 p.m.