It’s Tricky and Nicole H to battle it out in the Distaff Handicap
The 5-year-old Michael Hushion trained mare, Nicole H, will be looking to defend her title in the Grade 2, $200,000 Distaff Handicap at Aqueduct racetrack over a distance of seven furlongs on 14 April, 2012, against 6 other 3-year-old and above fillies and mares.
John K. Waken and GEM Racing Inc owned Nicole H, has been awesome so far in the 2012 campaign with two stakes wins and a second place finish in three starts.
The Kentucky bred daughter of Mr. Greeley, out of mare Hot Chipotle by Victory Gallop, Nicole H kicked off her new season at Aqueduct racetrack where she won the Interborough Stakes at about 6 furlongs, and covering the distance in 1 minute and 10.99 seconds under jockey Ramon Dominguez.
She landed her second race also at Aqueduct racetrack in the Correction Stakes also at six furlongs on 4 February, 2012.
Nicole H failed by an agonizingly close margin to land her hat-trick in the Grade 2 Barbara Fritchie Stakes at Laurel Park, where she fell a whisker away from first place to second to winner Magical Feeling in the seven furlong event.
"We ran her back a little quick in the Barbara Fritchie, so we gave her some time and this worked out well," said Mike Hushion, who trains the 5-year-old daughter of Mr. Greeley for Gem, Inc. "She's doing well - everything's pretty straightforward with her, she's not a quirky filly, very simple to train. I might prefer it to be six furlongs, but she's run terrific going seven-eighths, too."
The 4-year-old Godolphin owned filly, It’s Tricky will be seriously cut back in distance from 1 1/16 miles to seven furlongs in the Distaff Handicap.
Kiaran McLaughlin owned Kentucky bred daughter of Mineshaft, It’ Tricky is exiting a victory in the Grade 2 Top Flight Stakes at Aqueduct race course, where she defeated Love and Pride in second and Bahama Bound in third.
Under Ramon Dominguez, It’s Tricky downed the 1 1/16 mile distance in 1 minute and 45.30 seconds on 3 March, 2012.
It’s Tricky got the outside post in the Distaff Handicap, carrying a high weight of 123 pounds for Kiaran McLaughlin with the odds of 6 to 5.
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