OZONE PARK, N.Y. – A pick six carryover of $43,296 will help spice up Thursday’s nine-race program at Aqueduct that begins with the Grade 1 Beverly Steinman Hurdle Handicap and also features a $102,000 allowance/optional-claiming test for older fillies and mares on the turf that serves as the penultimate leg of the pick six sequence. A field of eight was drawn for the headliner along with four main-track-only entrants, although the forecast is calling for little chance of rain on Thursday. The multiple graded stakes-placed Revalita, despite an 11-month layoff, will likely be the public’s choice with Breath Away, who also was graded stakes-placed in 2023, expected to attract considerable support among pick six players. Those looking to spread beyond the two likely favorites would be remiss if not including Quarrel on their tickets. The 4-year-old homebred daughter of Speightstown is coming off the best race of her career, certainly from a Beyer Speed Figure standpoint, when earning an 89 on May 11 for her fourth-place finish in the Grade 3 Beaugay while making her first start in nearly seven months. Quarrel will return to the allowance ranks Thursday for the first time since leading at every call to defeat first-level allowance company going 1 1/16 miles last summer at Saratoga for trainer Bobby Ribaudo. With very little speed signed on Thursday, it would appear she could again steal away to an easy lead. :: Access morning workout reports straight from the tracks and get an edge with DRF Clocker Reports “I have three grass horses, and because we’re not going to Florida anymore, they all get some time off in the winter,” Ribaudo explained, when asked about the long layoff prior to Quarrel’s 2024 debut. “Unfortunately, we got off to a little later start than normal this year because of the Aqueduct situation, but now I’ve gotten a race into each of them. “This race suits her, although because of her breeding, I think she probably wants to go further. But with the hot weather moving in, the turf course figures to be dry, firm, and speed-favoring on Thursday, so the game plan is to try to get her on the lead again, if she breaks.” Swoop to Finish also may be tough to leave out of the equation in this particular leg of the pick six. She is coming off a second-place finish under similar conditions in her last start and had a very strong half-mile work over the main track here Saturday. She finished second, just a length behind Quarrel, when the pair last met late last summer at Saratoga. Colloquial impresses in defeat Arguably the most impressive performance turned in by any horse racing at Aqueduct last weekend came from one who didn’t even win. The would be the 2-year-old Colloquial, who fell a nose short of catching the odds-on Mentee, Fierceness’s baby brother. Both Colloquial and Mentee were making their career debuts in the five-furlong maiden special weight dash here Saturday. Colloquial, a son of the multiple Grade 1 winner Vekoma, looked hopelessly beaten turning for home before finishing full of run to give Mentee and his multitude of backers quite a scare before coming up inches short of victory. He galloped out with tremendous energy, pulling up far in front of the winner and the remainder of the field. The performance was all the more impressive in light of the fact the winner’s final time of 56.97 seconds turned out to be a track record and earned the top pair Beyer Speed Figures of 88. Colloquial is trained by George Weaver, who campaigned Vekoma, a winner of 6 of 8 outings including the Grade 1 Carter and Metropolitan Handicap in his final two starts prior to moving to the breeding shed, where he has starred with his first crop. :: Subscribe to the DRF Post Time Email Newsletter: Get the news you need to play today's races!  “I knew five furlongs might be a tad short for him because he’s not lightning quick out of the gate, but I also knew he was a nice horse and was really looking forward to running him,” Weaver said. “Not to take anything away from the winner, but I think he [Colloquial] was probably the more impressive of the two, and obviously we’re really excited about him moving forward – even more so from my standpoint because I trained his father, who really was such a star for us and kind of a freak from day one.” Weaver said winning the Grade 1 Hopeful on closing day at Saratoga would be his first major goal for Colloquial. Figuring out how to get him there “the right way” is the key question at the moment. “There is the [Grade 3] Sanford and a maiden race both going 5 1/2 furlongs on the same day [July 13] at Saratoga,” Weaver said. “They would probably be the first couple of things on our radar.” :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.