Litfin: Aqueduct horses to watch for week of Dec. 21
GUNLOCK
Trainer: David Cannizzo
Last race: Dec. 16, 4th
Finish: 4th by 9 1/4
Beyer: 48
Bobbled and bumped at the break and raced three to four wide around both turns while making the second start back from an extended layoff against maiden-claiming routers.
TAKE ISSUE
Trainer: Steve Asmussen
Last race: Dec. 16, 8th
Finish: 4th by 1 1/2
Beyer: 75
New York-bred filly ran into a blind switch and was bumped in deep stretch of a second-level allowance sprint; she won twice on the inner dirt last winter, including a New York Stallion Series event.
TOM’S GIFT
Trainer: Rudy Rodriguez
Last race: Dec. 18, 4th
Finish: 2nd by 1/2
Beyer: 53
Stretched out after two sprints to begin his career, he broke from post No. 9, was forced out wide around the clubhouse turn, and finished gamely to narrowly miss against maidens.