OZONE PARK, N.Y. – When My Aunt Tillie won a $5,000 claiming race in the snow Saturday night at Turfway Park, it gave owner Robert Bone his 1,000th career victory. Those are just the horses that ran in his name alone. Bone, who campaigned graded stakes winners Choctaw Nation and Captain Squire, believes he’s had 300 or so more winners in partnerships. “I’m not happy about the 2,986 losses but I wouldn’t trade the experiences I’ve had for anything,” Bone said Wednesday. “I’ve sat next to kings and princes, traveled to Dubai and the Breeders’ Cup, all kinds of things I wouldn’t have been able to do it if it weren’t for racing.” Though he lives in California, Bone has the bulk of his horses on the East Coast, including a handful with Belmont Park-based Rob Atras. That group includes Musical America who will seek his third consecutive victory in Friday’s third-level allowance/optional $80,000 claiming feature at Aqueduct. Bone claimed Musical America for $50,000 out of a third-place finish on Nov. 1 at Churchill Downs. Trainer Jason Barkley made the claim and ran him in a second-level allowance at Churchill three weeks later when he finished fourth. Bone sent Musical America to Atras, and in a two-week span the gelding won an allowance at Laurel and an optional claimer at Aqueduct, both at the same one-turn mile distance as Friday’s race. “Rob’s done a great job with him,” Bone said. “What I liked about him is how versatile he is. If you look at his form he’s long on dirt, short on grass, it doesn’t matter.” Atras likes the versatile running style Musical America has shown in his two races for him. In his Dec. 27 race, Musical America was on the pace. At Aqueduct on Jan. 9, he stalked dueling leaders. Perhaps the bigger question Friday is if Musical America will regress off a career-high 96 Beyer while facing stronger company. “I thought maybe we were a little quick back off the Laurel race – he actually ran a real good race at Laurel – but he came out that race so good,” Atras said. “We were looking at this race. We weren’t sure if it was going to go or not, but he breezed really well the other day.” Kendrick Carmouche rides Musical America from post 5. Musical America possesses tactical speed that should serve him well in a race where Brass Compass, Roaming Union, and potentially Leitone, are likely to vie early. Brass Compass is trained by Mark Casse who also sends out 2019 Belmont Stakes winner Sir Winston in this spot. Casse scratched Sir Winston out of last Saturday’s Jazil Stakes owing to a sloppy track. Noting that Sir Winston isn’t a great workhorse, Casse hopes this race and the $100,000 Bernardini, a 1 5/16-mile race here on Feb. 29, could get Sir Winston to the $12 million Dubai World Cup at Meydan on March 29. “We all know it’s better than three or four workouts, especially with him. He’s not an easy horse,” Casse said. “He’s one of those horses that’s not going to work lights out all the time.” Small Bear and Bon Raison complete the field.