OZONE PARK, N.Y. - After difficult meets at Aqueduct during the fall and winter, trainer George Weaver has righted the ship this spring, winning with five of 11 starts at the short Aqueduct spring meet. Weaver hopes to finish out the meet strong and head into the upcoming Belmont Park season with some momentum when he sends out runners in three of the four stakes held during Aqueduct’s closing weekend. Saturday, Weaver will send out Ohtwoohthreefive in the $100,000 Woodhaven Stakes for 3-year-olds and Tommy Gun in the $200,000 Times Square division of the New York Stallion Stakes for 3-year-olds. On Sunday, Weaver has Celebrity News for the $200,000 Park Avenue division of the Stallion Stakes for 3-year-old fillies. :: Take your handicapping to the next level and play like a pro with free Formulator, DRF's premium data product In the Woodhaven, contested at 1 1/16 miles, Ohtwoohthreefive returns to turf, the surface over which as a 2-year-old he won a maiden race at Belmont and was beaten a nose by Sy Dog in the Central Park here last Nov. 27. Sy Dog came off a layoff to win the Grade 3 Transylvania Stakes on April 8 to remain unbeaten in three starts. Ohtwoohthreefive was tried on the dirt in the Jerome Stakes here on New Year’s Day but finished seventh of eight. With an eye toward possibly running in stakes on the synthetic surface at Turfway Park, Weaver shipped Ohtwoothreefive to Turfway for an allowance on Feb. 11, and he finished fifth. “He didn’t particularly wow us with his effort there,” Weaver said. “We decided to give him a little breather between starts and get him started back up in New York when the turf came back.” The allowance was Ohtwoohthreefive’s eighth start since June without a break. “He’s done well with a little break between races,” Weaver said. “It’s always nice as a trainer to be able to just train one and run one and not have to continue to baby them. He takes his training and he goes over there and performs in the afternoon. He has been a nice horse to have in the barn.” Ohtwoohthreefive drew post 2 in a field of seven in the Woodhaven that includes Unanimous Consent, 2 for 2 and trained by Chad Brown; Heaven Street and Fort Washington, first and third in the Columbia Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs; Doctor Jeff, winner of the Atlantic Beach Stakes sprinting on turf last Nov. 5; Chanceux, an allowance winner at Gulfstream on March 20p; and Maseta, third in the Central Park last November. In the Times Square, Weaver sends out the maiden Tommy Gun in a field of seven that includes the multiple stakes winner Barese, who wheels back two weeks after running fifth in the Grade 2 Wood Memorial. In his debut, Tommy Gun showed good speed away from the gate, but got used up in a pace duel and finished fourth. “He doesn’t need the lead,” Weaver said. “We just did that because we drew inside. I feel like if you draw inside you got a better shot of winning if you’re not taking a bunch of dirt.” Tommy Gun, a son of Union Jackson, drew post 3 in the Times Square, run at 6 1/2 furlongs on dirt. Barese, who won the Rego Park at 6 1/2 furlongs and the Gander at a mile, is cutting back to one turn after his fifth-place finish in the Wood. He drew post 2. Others entered in the Times Square are Unique Unions, Mo Dancin, Red D G P, Mister Larry and Kazmike. In Sunday’s Park Avenue division of the Stallion Series, Weaver will run the maiden Celebrity News. A daughter of Laoban, Celebrity News finished second as the 2-1 favorite in her debut on March 25 at Aqueduct. :: Get Daily Racing Form Past Performances – the exclusive home of Beyer Speed Figures “She showed some life first time out,” Weaver said. “We kind of liked her training here in Florida. Even though she’s still a New York-bred maiden, second time out there can be improvement in a horse.” Weaver plans to add blinkers to Celebrity News for the Park Avenue, which is scheduled to be drawn Thursday and feature three-time stakes winner Yo Cuz. Weaver’s spring success at Aqueduct came after he went 3 for 51 during Aqueduct’s fall meet and 0 for 26 at Aqueduct’s winter meet. He did win nine races during Gulfstream’s winter meet. There was a stretch during the first week in April where Weaver won seven races from eight starters between Aqueduct and Gulfstream Park. Included in that streak was Main Event’s victory in the Cutler Bay Stakes at Gulfstream. Weaver said Main Event is pointing to the Grade 2, $500,000 American Turf at Churchill Downs on the Kentucky Derby undercard. “We went on a nice little run,” Weaver said. “Hopefully we’ll keep the ball rolling. It was nice to win some races, and hopefully we got some more coming.”