Monday, November 19 2012

NEW YORK-BRED WILLET SEEKS GRADE 2 GLORY IN GO FOR WAND

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Five fillies and mares will be shopping for a graded stakes victory Friday at Aqueduct Racetrack when they go postward in the Grade 2, $200,000 Go for Wand Handicap.

New York-bred Willet will make her first foray into graded stakes company in the one-mile race. A rousing 9 ¼-length winner of the Iroquois at Belmont Park on New York Showcase Day, the 4-year-old Jump Start filly has been no worse than third in seven lifetime starts, including a pair of victories at the Big A last year for trainer and co-owner Jimmy Iselin.