Todd Pletcher and Danny Gargan will make a marquee match in two stakes on Sunday at Aqueduct. Both trainers have a strong contender in the $175,000 Top Flight Stakes, which will serve as a preliminary bout before they send out multiple runners in the $135,000 Haynesfield for New York-breds. In the Top Flight, a 1 1/8-mile stakes for older fillies and mares, Pletcher said he expects another solid route effort from Scalable. Since returning from a long layoff last September, the 5-year-old mare has gradually stretched back out in distance, culminating in a 2 1/4-length score in the $135,000 Ladies Stakes at 1 1/8 miles on Feb. 6. “I just wanted to see how she would handle the stretch-out,” Pletcher said. “We felt like we had a decision to make, whether she was going to stay in training for 2026. I felt like if she could handle the added distance, that would provide a lot more opportunities for her.” A graded stakes contender and route-running specialist as a juvenile and 3-year-old, Scalable has settled into listed stakes company at Aqueduct, improving slightly with more distance. She figures as a potential favorite in the field of six, which also will include Bernietakescharge and Low Country Magic, who finished second and third behind her last time out. :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. Gargan’s Top Flight contender, Snowyte, is coming of an explosive race. In her 4-year-old debut Feb. 1, the filly never looked back in an 11 1/4-length allowance victory at Gulfstream Park, for which she earned a 93 Beyer Speed Figure. “She likes a target, so we thought we were going to sit off the pace last time,” Gargan said. “But then [Heavenly Sunset] stumbled, and we were just out there galloping. [Irad Ortiz Jr.] got off of her and said, ‘The farther you run her, the better she’s going to get.’ ” Snowyte has never run 1 1/8 miles, but in three career efforts at 1 1/16 miles, she has only finished out of the money once – as a maiden in the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. “We’ve always thought she had a ton of talent,” Gargan said. “At 2, she was second in a Grade 1, stumbled at the start, and was the favorite. She had some small little things plague her 3-year-old career and cost her a few races when she probably should have already been a stakes winner.” Haynesfield In the Haynesfield, a mile race for older statebreds, Gargan and Pletcher account for five of the nine runners. All eyes will be on the 4-year-old colt National Identity, who has won four straight for Gargan since returning from a tieback procedure last September. Gargan said National Identity is not certain to run in the Haynesfield, as the trainer also is considering the Grade 3 Commonwealth on April 4 at Keeneland. If he defects, Gargan will be left with Radio Red and Russian Realm in the Haynesfield. :: Subscribe to the DRF Post Time Email Newsletter: Get the news you need to play today's races!  On Feb. 19, Radio Red made his first start as a gelding off an eight-month layoff and delivered a huge effort in a $50,000 claiming race, kicking clear to win by 3 1/2 lengths with a 96 Beyer. “He’s really mean,” Gargan said. “Like, he’s a mean horse, and the gelding has really settled him in. He’s not nearly as miserable. He got really sour and miserable [last year], and that’s why we cut him. And when I say mean, he was dangerously mean. He put two people in the hospital. So we went ahead and cut him and he’s come back doing good.” Gargan said Russian Realm, the deep closer in the field, had no chance in a second-level allowance last time out, failing to make up ground in a race that seemed to favor front-runners. The race set up perfectly for gate-to-wire winner Donegal Surges, one of two entered by Pletcher in the Haynesfield. In his last two efforts at a mile at Aqueduct, Donegal Surges earned 99 and 96 Beyer Speed Figures with different running styles. If not for a disqualification on Dec. 27, both would have been victories. He is the versatile contender in Pletcher’s pair and should cede the early lead in the Haynesfield to his stablemate Prince Valiant, who will try his first route Sunday. “I think Prince Valiant is naturally a pretty quick horse, and you would think he would be the pacesetter, most likely,” Pletcher said. “Donegal Surges is adaptable and can go to the stalking position if he needs to.” After a dull effort off a seven-month break on Jan. 4, Prince Valiant rocketed home to win a first-level allowance by five lengths Feb. 6. Pletcher said he is not concerned about the one-turn mile, where Prince Valiant could be even more potent on the front end. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.