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Frosted’s Ice Dancing Takes On Baffert Trio in Santa Ynez

Richard Mandella's Ice Dancing (Frosted), the only filly in a scratched-down field of five with a graded-stakes placing already to her name, will seek her first win since breaking her maiden in Sunday's rescheduled Santa Ynez S. at 'The Great Race Place.' The Grade III event, which was originally scheduled for last Sunday's New Year's Eve program, carries Kentucky Oaks points to the tune of 20-8-6-4-2, which will go to the top five finishers that are not associated with Bob Baffert.

A homebred for Bass Stables LLC, the newly minted 3-year-old took four tries to earn her first win after three consecutive finishes behind GISW And Tell Me Nolies (Arrogoate), including a third in the GI Del Mar Debutante S. Fourth behind both that rival and the Santa Ynez's scratched morning-line favorite 'TDN Rising Star' Justique (Justify) in the GII Chandelier S., Ice Dancing rebounded in her fourth start to break her maiden ahead of Bob Baffert's Doinitthehardway (Street Sense) at Del Mar Nov. 25.

Speaking of the Baffert barn, he will enter a trio in a bid to win what would be his fourth Santa Ynez in a row. It appears that Huntingcoco (Practical Joke), Fast and Shiny (Bernardini) and Parody (Distorted Humor) have not flashed much in the way of speed under the California sun over the past few months, so a game effort is in order if one of them wants to keep their conditioner's streak alive.

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Heavy Fog Prompts Aqueduct Cancellation

Officials at the New York Racing Association (NYRA) were forced to call off the final four races on Saturday's New Year's Eve program, the result of heavy fog that rolled into the greater New York metropolitan area during the early afternoon hours that caused dangerously low visibility levels.

Per the rules of the New York Gaming Commission, the Pick 6 pool, featuring a carryover of $22,611, will be refunded. The wager and carryover will return on Sunday's card, beginning with race four, with a mandatory payout.

Saturday's featured $150,000 Queens County S. will be brought back as part of the program next Saturday, Jan. 7.

Aqueduct was to remain open for simulcasting from around the country. Sunday's New Year's Day card is highlighted by the $150,000 Ladies S. that is carded as race three. First post is 12:20 p.m. ET.

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Violence’s Shesterkin Wires The Field On Debut At Gulfstream

2nd-Gulfstream, $70,000, Msw, 12-31, 2yo, 7f, 1:24.18, ft, 2 1/4 lengths.

SHESTERKIN (c, 2, Violence–Freedom Star {GSW, $332,972}, by Street Cry {Ire}), 3-1 in his first start since bringing $330,000 at OBS March earlier this year, was sent to the lead under Irad Ortiz, Jr. and set the pace through a :22.54 opening quarter. Shaken up from just off the rail when Case (Sky Mesa) challenged in a tight spot against the rail, Shesterkin held his ground as the pair exchanged bumps and dug in to turn back that rival, pulling clear into the final sixteenth to break his maiden by 2 1/4 lengths. Case held his position in second. A half-brother to Upandcomingstar (Into Mischief), SP, $164,261, Shesterkin's only younger sibling is a weanling half-sister by Mendelssohn. Freedom Star was bred to Charlatan for a 2023 foal. Sales History: $55,000 RNA Ylg '21 KEESEP; $24,000 RNA Ylg '21 OBSOCT; $330,000 2yo '22 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $42,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

O-Robert V. LaPenta; B-George Krikorian (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher.

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Broadway Girls Steals The Show In Blue Norther

Fresh off her gate-to-wire maiden-breaking score in her third career start at Del Mar Nov. 13, Broadway Girls, given an unconvincing 16-1 chance for her stakes debut, showed a similar burst of speed to wire the field in Friday's Blue Norther S. Ridden hard to the front from her middle gate by jockey Edwin Maldonado, Broadway Girls was joined on her outside by Pleasant Wave (More Than Ready) into the first turn before assuming solo command through an opening quarter set in :22.79. Going easily on lead while chased by a pair of rivals just behind her, she held control as the field surged around her past the quarter pole. Challenged by a wall of closers led by 2-1 favorite Manhattan Jungle, Broadway Girls kept finding more and refused to cede the lead for the convincing win.

“She's got a lot of speed and so does Ami Please,” said winning trainer Doug O'Neill. “We knew they were fast fillies and credit to Glenn (owner, Sorgenstein, of Ami Please), he said, 'We can't both win on the lead, one (of these) horse(s) is going to be in front,' so we asked Frankie (Dettori, aboard Ami Please) to try to take off the pace to see if we could pick 'em up late and by doing that, it gave Broadway Girls a big chance.”

The fifth black-type winner for her freshman sire (by Friesan Fire), Broadway Girls has a yearling half-sister by Street Boss and a weanling half-brother by West Coast. Her dam visited Higher Power for 2023. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

BLUE NORTHER S., $103,000, Santa Anita, 12-30, 2yo, f, 1mT, 1:36.01, gd.
1–BROADWAY GIRLS, 120, f, 2, by Army Mule
                1st Dam: Fond Hope, by Midnight Lute
                2nd Dam: Fondness, by Elusive Quality
                3rd Dam: Shining Through, by Deputy Minister
($9,000 Ylg '21 FTKOCT; $60,000 2yo '22 OBSOPN).
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-ERJ Racing, LLC, Pappas Horse Racing,
Corp & Neil A. Haymes; B-Trackside Farm & Tenlane Farm (KY);
T-Doug F. O'Neill; J-Edwin A. Maldonado. $60,000. Lifetime
Record: 4-2-0-0, $108,020.
2–Manhattan Jungle (Ire), 118, f, 2, Bungle Inthejungle
(GB)–Skylight (Ire), by Acclamation (GB). (€20,000 Ylg '21
GOFSPT). O-Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners; B-Patrick Headon
(IRE); T-Michael W. McCarthy. $20,000.
3–Ami Please, 120, f, 2, Goldencents–Bellezza Rosso, by Tapit.
O-Glenn Sorgenstein WC Racing Inc. & Wonderland Racing
Stables, LLC; B-Glenn Sorgenstein (KY); T-Doug F. O'Neill.
$12,000.
Margins: 1HF, HF, NK. Odds: 16.90, 2.30, 9.70.
Also Ran: Tea N Conversation, Thebestisyettobe (Ire), Naughty Lottie, Spanning the Globe, Decorated My Life (Ire), Pleasant Wave, Ragtime Rose, G Laurie. Scratched: Showgirl Lynne B.

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