Tempted winner Maedean will move on to Demoiselle Stakes

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Maedean, the 5 1/2-length winner of the Tempted Stakes last Friday at Aqueduct, will point to the Grade 2, $250,000 Demoiselle Stakes at Aqueduct on Dec. 7, trainer Mark Hennig said Monday.

Maedean, a daughter of Tapit owned by Courtlandt Farms, earned a 74 Beyer in the Tempted, running a mile in 1:36.75.

Hennig had thought about skipping the Tempted and pointing Maedean to the Demoiselle, in part because he feels his filly will relish the two turns and 1 1/8 miles of the Demoiselle. Hennig opted to run her in the Tempted because when he looked at the Gulfstream Park winter stakes schedule he didn’t see a suitable race for 3-year-old fillies until the Grade 2, $200,000 Davona Dale, a one-turn mile at Gulfstream on Feb. 29.

“We discussed that if we ran in the two races here we could give her a nice break until Feb. 29,” Hennig said.

Gulfstream also has the Grade 2, $250,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks on March 28.