Indulgent shifts sights to Distaff Handicap

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin was initially planning to run Indulgent in Saturday’s $125,000 Correction Stakes at Aqueduct but called an audible and entered defending Correction winner Clothes Fall Off in the six-furlong stakes race instead.

Indulgent, a winner of three straight races, will be pointed to the Grade 3, $150,000 Distaff Handicap on April 9 over Aqueduct’s main track.

The Distaff is at seven furlongs, and McLaughlin said he wants to stretch Indulgent out farther in distance, likely in one-turn routes at Belmont Park such as the Ruffian and perhaps the Ogden Phipps if she proves good enough.

Meanwhile, McLaughlin confirmed that Takrees, the winner of the Interborough Stakes on New Year’s Day, has been retired by owner Sheikh Hamdan’s Shadwell Stable and will be bred. Takrees, a daughter of Daaher, finished with a record of 3-4-1 from 12 starts and earnings of $248,740.

In addition to winning the Interborough, Takrees finished third in the Grade 2 Prioress last summer at Saratoga.