OZONE PARK, N.Y. – While trainer Chad Brown typically puts his turf horses in hibernation for the winter, Implicated will be an exception to the rule.

Implicated was making only her second start of the year when she won Saturday’s Grade 3 Pebbles Stakes at Aqueduct, so she will be kept in training for at least another start or two this winter.

While Brown does not have a specific race picked out, Implicated would be eligible to face 3-year-old fillies again in the Tropical Park Oaks on Dec. 23 at Gulfstream Park.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Patience has paid off for Signator who looks to be reaching the potential his connections hoped for after he won his maiden as a 2-year-old last fall at Aqueduct.

On Sunday, Signator drew clear to a 2 1/2-length victory in a race that will likely have him stakes-bound for his next start. Though the horse is headed to South Florida this week to continue training, trainer Shug McGaughey mentioned the $150,000 Queens County Stakes on Dec. 31 at Aqueduct as a potential spot for his stakes debut.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The November breeding stock sales typically bring a global marketplace to Lexington by providing the opportunity to acquire high-end racemares and broodmares, including some with internationally known families.

That global appeal has been evident in the past few weeks. Despite a weak yen against the American dollar, a number of prominent Japanese outfits made the annual trip to Kentucky and are returning home with seven-figure purchases. Other international buyers, particularly from Australia, are playing a role in the marketplace, as well.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – While the $20 million Saudi Cup on Feb. 27 is the main early season target for White Abarrio in 2024, it is still not certain whether the Breeders’ Cup Classic winner will make a start before then or not.

Trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. maintains he is comfortable training White Abarrio up to that race and said over the weekend that the horse would remain based at Santa Anita until such time as he would ship to Saudi Arabia, which may not be until mid-February.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Mike Iavarone has been trying to win the Pegasus World Cup Turf since the race was rebranded from the Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap in 2019. He hasn’t come close.

Next Shares went winless in three tries. Flavius finished last in 2022. Master Piece ran seventh in January.

Master Piece may have earned another shot at the Pegasus Turf with his victory in Saturday’s Grade 3, $300,000 Red Smith Stakes at Aqueduct.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Timely Conquest cuts back to one turn and is back in allowance company when she runs in a competitive second-level allowance/optional $45,000 claiming race for New York-bred females that serves as the feature on Thursday’s nine-race Aqueduct program.

This race was one of nine in the condition book originally scheduled for turf, but was announced as being changed to dirt in order to lessen the load on the Aqueduct turf course.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Silent Sky was scratched out of Friday’s Ashbridges Bay Stakes to meet easier nonwinners of two in Thursday’s Woodbine feature, combining Ontario-sired allowance types with $40,000 claimers.

Owned by Terra Racing Stable, Silent Sky took six starts to earn her diploma. She turned the trick Sept. 16 in an open maiden special weight route on the main turf, scoring comfortably over next-out winners Cry Freedom and Financial Advice.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Proven at the distance, having shown an affinity for the turf course, and coming off an uncomfortable trip last out, Vergara looks to be the one to beat in Sunday’s Grade 3, $300,000 Long Island Stakes at Aqueduct.

The Long Island, for fillies and mares at 1 3/8 miles, drew a field of seven and goes as race 4 on a nine-race card that also includes the $150,000 Artie Schiller Stakes for males going one mile on turf.

Big Data and Time Passage, a pair of 3-year-old stakes winners who came to hand over the summer at Gulfstream Park, are now getting some downtime and will return to action next year at 4.

Big Data won a first-level allowance in July at Gulfstream and the effort catapulted him to a win in the Super Derby in September at Louisiana Downs. Trainer Michael Lerman said Thursday he had looked at a few recent stakes options for the horse, but the decision was made to put Big Data away and focus on 2024.

While an exceptional trio of California-bred fillies and mares were winning graded stakes this season, others have sought opportunities in statebred races, including eight fillies and mares in the $100,000 Betty Grable Stakes on Sunday at Del Mar.

Chancery Way, a multiple stakes winner based in Northern California, meets a balanced field of Southern California runners in the seven-furlong Betty Grable. Although the field does not include the statebred elite, Chancery Way has her work cut out from the inside post against main rivals Carmen Miranda and Glorious Spring.