A light stakes schedule Saturday has forced me to look for short-priced favorites that I’m willing to take a shot against. Some of the favorites appear legit, but there are interesting alternatives if you’re up for taking a swing against them.

Artie Schiller Stakes, Aqueduct

Aqueduct | Race 4 | Post Time 1:47 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs 

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Race 4:
Momentiempo (#1)

Was racing over a soft turf course that she may not have liked in her only grass race last year.

Is a half-sister to Time and Motion, a Grade 1 winner on turf.

Jimmy Toner gets a 96 Trainer Rating when teaming with jockey John Velazquez.

12-1 on ML

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Grade 1, $1,840,000 Breeder’s Cup Juvenile; 1 1/16 miles; Del Mar; Nov. 4, 2017
(20 Derby qualifying points for a win, 8 for second, 4 for third, 2 for fourth)

Winner: Good Magic, by Curlin
Trainer: Chad Brown
Jockey: Jose Ortiz
Owner: eFive Racing Thoroughbreds and Stonestreet Stables LLC
Beyer Speed Figure: 100

Aqueduct | Race 5 | Post Time 2:17 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs 

AWESOME HEIGHTS
Trainer: Neil Drysdale
Last race: Nov. 11, 4th
Finish: 9^th by 9
Beyer: 61
This turf sprinter stretched to a mile, opened up by 12 lengths on a wild 45.90 half, and emptied out. Look for this starter-allowance type to return to form on the Santa Anita hillside. 

Race 1:

Thrice (#6)

Was overmatched in her last start at Kentucky Downs.

Had been competitive with similar foes to what she meets today in prior starts in New York.

DRF Formulator Fact: Over the past five years, Mike Maker is 29 for 105 (28 percent, $2.82 ROI second off the claim in turf routes.

4-1 on ML

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COLONEL TOM
Trainer: George Weaver
Last race: Nov. 11, 4th
Finish: 1^st by 3
Beyer: 83
This 2-year-old New York-bred brought just $8,500 at auction as a yearling but he appears to be worth much more than that after blowing out maidens in an impressive debut with a solid 83 Beyer on turf.  

Aqueduct
Red Smith (race 8)

BIENVILLE STREET
Trainer: Mike McDonald
Last race: Nov. 12, 1^st
Finish: 4th by 3 1/2
Beyer: 56
After breaking a length slowly from post 1, she closed belatedly along the inside from seventh in a five-furlong maiden special for juvenile fillies. The daughter of Street Boss should be better for the experience.