End of Romance has a lot of things going for him when he seeks his first U.S. victory in a seemingly wide-open renewal of Saturday’s $125,000 Woodhaven Stakes for 3-year-olds on turf at Aqueduct. From a pedigree perspective, End of Romance is a half-brother to Romantic Warrior, a winner of 18 of 25 starts, including 10 Group 1 stakes, and an earner of more than $27 million. In his last race in Europe as a 2-year-old, End of Romance beat Heart of Honor in a novice stakes over the synthetic surface at Southwell in England. Heart of Honor most recently was beaten a nose by Kentucky Derby-bound Admire Daytona in the U.A.E. Derby. :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. In his first start in the U.S. – and for trainer Graham Motion – End of Romance finished a respectable third in the Rushaway Stakes at Turfway Park. Last early on, he made a wide rally, appeared to stall before being bumped by a rival and getting re-engaged, then showed late interest. “For his first start in the U.S. and only his fourth lifetime start, I thought it was a good effort,” Motion said. “I wasn’t sure what to expect, he was tough to gauge coming off those European races. I was encouraged and he’s done well since and I like the timing of this race as well.” Motion is adding blinkers to End of Romance’s equipment at the behest of jockey John Velazquez, who rode him in the Rushaway. “He’s a forward horse in the morning, I was almost reluctant to do it, but Johnny was pretty adamant about it,” said Motion, who added he has galloped but not worked End of Romance in blinkers. Manny Franco rides End of Romance on Saturday. In the Woodhaven, Dream On looks to rebound from a bad fifth in the Columbia Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs. Prior to that, he won an allowance at Gulfstream Park. “He never showed up from the beginning at Tampa,” trainer Mark Casse said. “I have no idea why he didn’t run better.” He has come back to work a solid half-mile in 48 seconds over the Belmont Park training track. Septarian has raced only on dirt, winning twice for Mid-Atlantic trainer Javier Contreras before being sold and transferred to Chad Brown. Septarian went 0 for 2 on dirt for Brown, who is looking forward to trying him on turf after the way he breezed over it at Payson Park this winter. “His dirt races were respectable, but I’m interested to see what he does on the turf,” Brown said. “He showed a nice turn of foot on it.” Eclipse champion jockey Flavien Prat rides Septarian from the rail. Cairo Caper beat Dream On by a half-length in the Soaring Free Stakes last August going 6 1/2 furlongs over Woodbine’s turf. He finished behind Dream On in the Summer Stakes and ended his 2-year-old campaign with a fourth in the Display Stakes over Woodbine’s synthetic surface. Trained by Nathan Squires then, Cairo Caper goes out Saturday for Maryland-based Phil Schoenthal, with Victor Carrasco aboard. Revolutionnaire showed late interest when finishing third in the Columbia Stakes in his first U.S. start, which was also his first race in six months and first for trainer Christophe Clement. The New York-breds Tiz Dashing and Sounds Like a Plan complete the field. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.