Litfin's Aqueduct horses to watch for week of Dec. 29

SHOTGUN LOVE
Trainer: Dominick Schettino
Last race: Dec. 27, 7th
Finish: 3rd by 1/2
Beyer: 46
Half-sister to 4-for-4 stakes winner Lovely Syn broke a step slow from the rail, rushed through to get the early lead, and held it to deep stretch while neglecting to change leads until a sixteenth out in a promising debut.

SLAN ABHAILE
Trainer: Joe Imperio
Last race: Dec. 26, 7th
Finish: 9th by 13 1/4
Beyer: 57
Stumbled at the start to get away slowly from the inside post and gave futile chase to a wire-to-wire winner when claimed from his first on the inner track and his first for a tag; trouble line merely says “gave way.”

BETWEEN THE LINES
Trainer: Joe Lostritto
Last race: Dec. 28, 6th
Finish: 2nd by 3 1/4
Beyer: 84
New York-bred sprinter finished determinedly in a preliminary allowance, earning a new top Beyer in his first start since last February.