If the weather allows, Ultimate Love will make her long-awaited 3-year-old debut as a daunting figure in the $150,000 Memories of Silver Stakes at a mile on turf Sunday at Aqueduct. The beaten favorite in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf started her career with three straight wins and will ship to New York for the first time. “There are some pretty solid types in there, but I think she’s a good fit,” trainer Michael Trombetta said. “I’m worried about the weather. They’re calling for some rain this weekend, so we’ll have to play it all out and see how it goes.” After a debut victory at Colonial Downs in July, Ultimate Love ran twice at Laurel Park in September and flew through the ranks in Maryland. The Curlin filly dominated a first-level allowance by 6 3/4 lengths and came right back to win the $125,000 Selima in another surging effort. Trombetta felt obligated to take the trip to Del Mar for the Breeders’ Cup in October, and though his filly had no prior graded stakes experience, bettors were impressed enough by her Mid-Atlantic form to make her the 7-2 favorite in a field of 12. She was stuck in between horses for most of the race and had to settle for fifth on an unfamiliar course. :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. “We took our shot in California, and she didn’t run poorly,” Trombetta said. “She just didn’t quite wind up where we were hoping. I believe that type of track out there, the California track, may have been a little faster than what she likes.” Ultimate Love spent her winter break back home at Live Oak Plantation, and Trombetta noted that the Florida-bred came back more mature and prepared for her 3-year-old campaign. If she is at her best at a familiar mile distance Sunday, the Memories of Silver will merely serve as a stepping-stone toward far bigger races this summer. Smexy, an Irish-bred trained by Brendan Walsh, will try a mile for the first time and could be Ultimate Love’s likeliest rival in the main field of nine 3-year-old fillies. She will make her second start in the United States after finishing fifth in the $150,000 Sanibel Island at Gulfstream Park in March. Piper’s Gift and Quiet Street, the other stakes winners in the field, will both ship to New York with questions to answer. Piper’s Gift will switch back to turf off a layoff after showing much-improved form on synthetic in two stakes wins at Woodbine last year, while Quiet Street has not stepped forward since winning the $1 million Untapable, a 6 1/2-furlong sprint at Kentucky Downs in September. Imperatrice, a graded stakes-placed filly on dirt, is entered to make her first start on turf for trainer Todd Pletcher. Rain is in the forecast in New York this weekend and could force the race to dirt, which could benefit her, as well as main-track-only runners Hot Gossip and Point of Reference. Gustavo Rodriguez said he planned to enter last-out maiden winner Full of Tact for main track only as well, but he eventually decided to give her a chance on the grass. Coming off a win on a muddy track, he is yet another trainer who wouldn’t mind some precipitation Sunday. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.