Quezon to end career in Correction Stakes

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Quezon, a multiple New York-bred stakes-winning mare, will make the final start of her career in the $100,000 Correction Stakes at Aqueduct on March 17, trainer Robert Ribaudo said Thursday.

After being forced to scratch out of the Barbara Fritchie at Laurel due to an equine herpesvirus situation at Belmont Park, Quezon was being considered for the Heavenly Prize on March 10 or the Correction. Ribaudo prefers the six furlongs of the Correction to the mile of the Heavenly Prize, which is expected to draw Highway Star and Divine Miss Grey.

“With all the time between races she’s going to be fresh,” said Ribaudo, anticipating Quezon would not stay the mile of the Heavenly Prize if she were to go too fast early in the race. “She won going a mile as a 2-year-old and that’s the only time she won going a mile.”

Quezon, a 6-year-old daughter of Tiz Wonderful, is coming off back-to-back stakes victories at six and 6 1/2 furlongs.

Quezon will be bred to Gun Runner, the 2017 Horse of the Year, later this spring.

◗ Do Share, winner of the Gravesend on Dec. 23, worked a bullet five furlongs in 1:00.01 Thursday morning over the Belmont Park training tracking in preparation for a start in the Grade 3, $200,000 Tom Fool at Aqueduct on March 10.

Due to equine herpesvirus-related quarantine restrictions at Belmont, Do Share was forced to miss the Grade 3 Toboggan on Jan. 27 at Aqueduct and the General George at Laurel Park on Feb. 17.