Turf stakes rescheduled due to unsettled weather

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Mother Nature has forced the New York Racing Association to reschedule four turf stakes.

Strong winds forced NYRA to cancel Aqueduct’s Thanksgiving Day card,, which included the Central Park Stakes for 2-year-olds and the Winter Memories for fillies and mares. The Central Park is rescheduled for Friday while the Winter Memories is now slated for Saturday.

Sunday’s card was to include the Tepin Stakes for 2-year-old fillies and the Autumn Days for female sprinters, but with rain in the forecast NYRA officials opted not to card those races.

The Tepin has been moved to Thursday, while there is no date set for the Autumn Days. NYRA has turf races written through Dec. 8, so it is possible the Autumn Days could be rescheduled for that day.

Midnight Disguise retired; booked to Constitution

Midnight Disguise, a three-time stakes-winning New York-bred filly, has been retired from racing, trainer Linda Rice said Friday. She is expected to be bred to Constitution in early 2020, Rice added.

Midnight Disguise, by Midnight Lute, won 5 of 14 starts including the Busanda and Busher stakes as a 3-year-old last year, along with the Bouwerie, which is restricted to statebreds. She earned $449,960. Midnight Disguise went winless in seven starts this year, most recently finishing last of five in a Nov. 9 allowance race.

Holiday Disguise, a half-sister to Midnight Disguise, may run once more before she is retired, Rice said. Holiday Disguise is nominated to next Saturday’s Grade 3, $250,000 Go for Wand, but Rice was not necessarily pointing her to that spot.