After a weekend of cancellations due to brutally cold temperatures on Saturday and more than 10 inches of snow on Sunday, it is hoped racing can resume at Aqueduct on Wednesday with an eight-race card. Though typically a dark day, Wednesday was made a racing day this week after an early decision was made not to run Sunday and instead use the races scheduled for that day on Wednesday. There won’t be snow on Wednesday, but temperatures will struggle to get into the 20s with feel-like temperatures slightly lower. If the show goes on, the feature will be a second-level allowance/optional $75,000 claiming race for older horses at 1 1/8 miles. Trainer Todd Pletcher has a pair in Donegal Surges and Classicist in a field of nine. Donegal Surges, a son of Candy Ride, finished first in this condition going one mile on Dec. 27, but was disqualified and placed second for drifting out several paths under jockey Kendrick Carmouche’s left-handed whip and impeding runner-up Be You, coincidentally also trained by Pletcher. “Ran a good race, just veered off course a little bit late,” Pletcher said. :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. Donegal Surges is 1 for 5 at 1 1/8 miles, the win coming by two lengths in a first-level allowance at Aqueduct last September. Classicist, a son of Curlin, is 2 for 2 at 1 1/8 miles. He has not been out since winning a first-level allowance at Aqueduct last Sept. 13. He was scratched from the Queens County Stakes on Dec. 27. Linda Rice, who won seven races from nine in which she had runners the last two cards at Aqueduct, has the pair of Yo Daddy and Dreamlike in this race. Yo Daddy, a 5-year-old son of Yoshida, has not been out since finishing second behind Parchment Party in the off-the-turf Grade 3 Belmont Gold Cup at Saratoga last June. He has not raced 1 1/8 miles since a third-place finish behind Mama’s Gold in this condition in December 2024. Dreamlike is coming off a first-level allowance win going this distance on Dec. 26. Pay Billy, who won the Federico Tesio and Private Terms Stakes as a 3-year-old last year on his way to a start in the Preakness, will be making his third start off a layoff. The Wednesday card begins with a first-level allowance race for 3-year-olds going seven furlongs. Igniter, who finished sixth in the Grade 2 Remsen at 1 1/8 miles, turns back to a one-turn race and is listed as the 4-5 morning-line favorite for trainer Rick Dutrow. In September, Igniter won his maiden going a one-turn mile. Trainer Chad Brown sends out Hedge Ratio, who won a 6 1/2-furlong maiden race on Nov. 22, a race from which the runner-up, Our Magical Moon, came back to win a two-turn race for Mark Casse at Oaklawn Park. Tartabull, third in the Maryland Juvenile at Laurel Park on Dec. 6; Slay Sadie Slay, a maiden winner for Dutrow on Jan. 18; and Blue Forty Two complete the field. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.