Hot City Girl will get one more chance in Broadway

Hot City Girl, third as the favorite in last Saturday’s Interborough Stakes, will point to the $100,000 Broadway Stakes for New York-bred fillies and mares Feb. 18 at Aqueduct.

Prior to the Interborough, trainer Linda Rice said Hot City Girl’s future would likely be determined by how she performed in that race. Hot City Girl dueled with Disco Chick early on and both were run down by Takrees, who beat Disco Chick a neck with Hot City Girl in third, beaten 1 3/4 lengths.

“She showed improvement. She ran an 85 Beyer. We’ll give her a chance in that one and that might be our exit strategy,” Rice said.

Hot City Girl, a daughter of City Zip and a half-sister to Eclipse champion La Verdad, won the Grade 3 Charles Town Oaks and was second in the Grade 1 La Brea as a 3-year-old. She has won 6 of 17 starts earned $608,150.

Takrees, meanwhile, is likely headed to the Grade 3 Barbara Fritchie on Feb. 18 at Laurel. Takrees has twice finished second at Laurel, including in the Safely Kept Stakes.