OZONE PARK, N.Y. – When the connections of Drexel Hill had to stop on their 3-year-old filly due to a knee chip following her runner-up finish in the Kentucky Oaks in May, the intent was to bring her back for a 4-year-old campaign. But the daughter of Bolt d’Oro got herself ready sooner, thus Drexel Hill will return to the races Saturday in the Grade 2, $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes at Aqueduct. The Mother Goose, for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/8 miles, is the richest of five stakes on a 10-race card that begins at 11:40 a.m. The last time she raced at Aqueduct, Drexel Hill won a one-turn mile in the Busher Stakes, which earned her the sufficient qualifying points to get into the Kentucky Oaks. There, she rallied from last in the 13-horse field to finish second to the then-unbeaten Good Cheer. Whit Beckman, who trains Drexel Hill for Legion Racing, said he would have preferred to bring Drexel Hill back at a mile, but the allure of another opportunity to face only 3-year-old fillies made this race a better option than something like the Falls City at Churchill Downs at the end of the month. “It might be a tough ask, but she’s won on the track before. [It’s a] long race off a layoff on a tough track, but she’s ready to go, it’s time to run her,” Beckman said. “Hopefully, she’ll more or less catch a good trip like she did in the Busher. She might come out lazy, but hopefully she gets better over a very tiring racetrack than the horses that are in front of her.” :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. Beckman said he is seeing the same signs in Drexel Hill’s training that he did before her big performance in the Oaks. Ben Curtis rides from the outside post in this nine-horse field. Being Myself, a daughter of Curlin, ships in from Kentucky for trainer Cherie DeVaux having won both of her starts this year. The second of those wins was a first-level allowance going two turns and 1 1/16 miles in which she was widening her advantage at the end. “She made a run and drew away,” DeVaux said. “She’s always acted very talented. We ran her one time sprinting. Jose [Ortiz] liked her. She was training really well when she came back, filled out, got stronger.” John Velazquez will become the fourth different rider to climb aboard Being Myself, who breaks from the rail. So There She Was, trained by Doug O’Neill, and Lemon Zest, trained by Brad Cox, come into this race after finishing first and second, respectively, in the Remington Park Oaks on Sept. 28. Ourdaydreaminggirl, trained by Louis Linder Jr., just missed by a neck at 49-1 in the Grade 1 Cotillion behind Clicquot and Dry Powder after a runner-up finish behind Dry Powder in the Cathryn Sophia. Trainer Chad Brown sends out the pair of Fully Subscribed and Filly Freedom, both of whom are making their stakes debut. Queen Azteca and Cue the Duckboats complete the field. :: Get the Inside Track with the FREE DRF Morning Line Email Newsletter. Subscribe now.  Nic’s Style seeks another slice Nic’s Style, last year’s Pumpkin Pie Stakes winner, seeks another victory in the seven-furlong sprint for fillies and mares when she returns from a seven-month layoff in this year’s $125,000 Pumpkin Pie on Saturday. The Pumpkin Pie was originally carded for Oct. 31, but that card was canceled due to inclement weather. Nic’s Style, trained by Bill Mott, is 7 for 8 in her career and won her last four starts before having to go to the sidelines in the spring. “Jammed up,” Mott said when asked what caused the interrupted schedule. Nic’s Style, previously trained by Ralph Nicks, notched the fastest Beyer Speed Figure of her career – a 98 – when she returned from an eight-month layoff in a first-level allowance race in August 2024. She was then beaten by Ways and Means in the Grade 2 Gallant Bloom before winning the Pumpkin Pie, two stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, and the Grade 3 Hurricane Bertie. “Toward her last race or two, she lost her early speed, which didn’t hurt her,” Mott said. “She came back to win, but maybe with some freshening she’ll show a little more early speed.” Nic’s Style breaks from the rail in the Pumpkin Pie, while her major rival, Weigh the Risks, will break from the outside draw in this eight-horse field. Weigh the Risks, trained by Chad Brown, has won three of her last four starts since being transferred back to the dirt after making six of her first seven starts on turf. Scalable and St. Benedicts Prep finished one-two in the Interborough Stakes to begin the year. The 3-year-old Volleyballprincess won the Ruthless by 10 lengths here in February, beating her stablemate, Ourdaydreaminggirl, who is in the Mother Goose later on the card. Patricia Ann, Taliesin, and Maggy’s Palace complete the field. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.