Yo Cuz makes East View third consecutive stakes triumph
Yo Cuz remains impossible to catch in New York-bred stakes for 3-year-old fillies.
In Sunday’s $100,000 East View Stakes at seven furlongs at Aqueduct, Yo Cuz set a moderate pace and quickly pulled clear on the turn to easily beat five rivals for her third consecutive stakes win.
Ridden by Jose Ortiz, Yo Cuz ($3.30) won by 5 1/4 lengths over 5-2 Stone Creator. Captainsdaughter (17-1) closed from last of six to finish third, beaten a neck. Sandy’s Garden finished fourth, followed by Salsa a Parte and Silver Fist.
Silver Fist stumbled at the start, but recovered to race within a half-length of Yo Cuz after an opening quarter-mile in a modest 23.97 seconds. Silver Fist could not sustain the threat and faded. Stone Creator was within a half-length of Yo Cuz after a half-mile in 47.99 seconds, but could not get closer.
Yo Cuz was timed in 1:26.94 and earned a career-best Beyer Speed Figure of 80.
Yo Cuz and Stone Creator were first and second in the $100,000 Maddie May Stakes for statebred fillies at a mile on Feb. 21.
Yo Cuz, by the Uncle Mo stallion Laoban, races for Dream Maker Racing and is trained by Bill Mott. Yo Cuz has won 3 of 4 starts and earned $387,800. All four of her starts have been at Aqueduct.
Fifth in her debut last November in a maiden special weight race for statebred fillies, Yo Cuz won for the first time in her career in her stakes debut in the $500,000 Fifth Avenue division of the New York Stallion Stakes at seven furlongs on Dec. 19.
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