Rain yesterday and last evening - totaling .87 of an inch at nearby JFK airport - has resulted in ALL of today's scheduled turf races at Aqueduct being moved to the main track. The main track, muddy this morning, was upgraded to good before the day's opener.
With the stakes coming off the grass, Absentee and Exulting are now the likely favorites for the Atlantic Beach and Artie Schiller, respectively.
Here are today's rider changes:
Race 1: #13 Show Prince to be ridden by Dylan Davis
Race 3: #2 Haikal to be ridden by Jose Ortiz
Race 8: #12 Exulting to be ridden by Rajiv Maragh
And today's scratches:
Race 1:
1 (poe) Worth a Shot
2 Wacky Pal
3 Kiki N King
5 Icey Cash
Race 4
1 Ten Eyck
3 Overnight Success
4 Florentine Kitten
6 Sport
8 Lil Commissioner
9 Lemon Blitz
11 Risky Sour
Race 5
8 Corcoran
Race 6
4 Gins and Tins
5 Good Good
Race 8
1 Qurbaan
5 Blacktype (FR)
6 Bricks and Mortar
7 Proforma
8 Dalarna
9 Projected (GB)
10 Dr. Edgar
11 Papa Zulu
Race 9
1A Buss the Bell