Agave Kiss - Cicada Stakes (G3) [01:46]
Undefeated Agave Kiss stretched her winning streak to four Saturday afternoon with a front-running, three-length victory over Corderosa in Aqueduct Racetrack's Grade 3, $150000 Cicada for 3-year-old fillies. After a brief tussle for the lead with Alydarla at the start, Agave Kiss quickly cleared the field and rolled through an opening quarter-mile in 23.12 seconds. Widening her advantage as the half went in 46.24, the Lion Heart filly turned for home with her closest rival five lengths back, and was never threatened through the stretch, coming home in 1:11.76 for the six furlongs.
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New York Watch: Agave Kiss [01:34]
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Pure Gossip - 2011 Miss Grillo S. (G3) [02:03]
Despite a strong work on the turf and a understated grass pedigree, there wasn't much chatter about Pure Gossip in advance of Sunday's Grade 3, $100000 Miss Grillo at Belmont Park. After defeating seven other 2-year-old fillies by 6 ½ lengths at odds of 23-1, she was the talk of the town. Tucked in third along the rail as Take It Inside led through an opening half-mile in 48.99, Pure Gossip angled out between horses, sprinted to the lead with a furlong to go, and drew clear under apprentice Ryan Curatolo to pass her turf tryout with flying colors. Her final time for 1 1/16 miles over soft turf was 1:47.71. The third-longest price on the board, she returned $48.20.
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