Maedean Steps Into Stakes Company in Aqueduct's Tempted

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Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt
Trainer Mark Hennig wanted a race with some distance for Maedean.

When stakes action at Aqueduct Racetrack kicks off the fall meet when live racing returns to the Big A Nov. 1, a talented field of six juvenile fillies will compete in the $150,000 Tempted Stakes at one mile on the main track.

Courtlandt Farms' Maedean graduated from the maiden ranks at second asking Oct. 5 in a one-turn mile maiden tilt at Belmont Park. The Tapit  daughter, bred in Kentucky by Payson Stud, was purchased for $450,000 from Stone Farm's consignment to the 2018 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

"We loved her as an individual," said trainer Mark Hennig. "She had a big walk and watching her at the time, I felt she was a little immature. She's still growing now, but she always looked like a filly that was going to run a long ways, which is what we were shopping for."

Maedean trained with Hennig's string at Saratoga Race Course over the summer, but the conditioner waited until September to unveil the filly. Her dam is the Arch mare Summer Solo, who was third in the Belmont Oaks Invitational (G1T) on turf.

"We were waiting for the distances to get out there to where we felt she would be most effective," Hennig said. "She's been ultra-impressive for us all summer long galloping and breezing. We didn't really need to go seeking out the turf because we knew we had that in our back pocket. If she can run on dirt, all the better."

An even fourth in her Sept. 8 debut under Hall of Famer John Velazquez, Maedean put it all together at second asking with a powerful kick to edge clear of her rivals.

"She was very professional. Johnny had a lot of confidence in her after the first race," Hennig said. "I told him she was going to be a short horse in that first race. We didn't quite have her to where she needed to be to win at that distance first out and then she stumbled out of the gate and grabbed her quarter a little bit.

"Second time, Johnny was very confident. He said from the time he broke in that second race, she was always there for him. She took dirt but she was push button. He said he rode her like he was driving a car."

Maedean breezed a half-mile in :48.72 Oct. 25 on Belmont's main track in preparation for her stakes debut.

"She's doing great. She had a nice breeze here the other day. We're hoping the weather stays decent," said Hennig.

Luis Saez will pilot Maedean for the first time on Friday from post 5.

Video: Race 4 (MSW) at BEL on 10/5/19



Sweet Kisses, trained by Jeremiah Englehart for Johns Martin, Bill Rucker, Robert Hahn, Jesse Englehart, and Josh Allen, is a half sister to Amsterdam Stakes (G2) winner and multiple grade 1-placed Shancelot. The Carpe Diem  filly bred by Charles Muth and Patrick Murphy flashed stretch speed at second asking and graduated in a six-furlong maiden sprint July 19 at Saratoga.

Sweet Kisses was purchased by Ruckur Racing Stable for $290,000 from Paramount Sales' consignment to the 2019 Fasig-Tipton October Yearlings Sale. She posted a bullet half-mile breeze in :47.78 Oct. 25 on Aqueduct's main track in preparation for her stakes debut. Junior Alvarado has the call Friday from post 4.

Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider's homebred Vast, trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, graduated at first asking in a July 12 maiden sprint at Saratoga. The Lea  filly followed up with a fourth-place effort on Saratoga's turf in the Aug. 14 Bolton Landing Stakes before returning to the main track Sept. 22 to win the Hollywood Wildcat by 2 3/4 lengths at Monmouth Park.

Joe Bravo retains the mount from the inside post.

Phipps Stable homebred Power Move rallied from seventh to first in her Oct. 6 debut at Belmont to capture a six-furlong maiden sprint. Jose Lezcano retains the mount from post 3.


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Aqueduct Racetrack, Friday, November 01, 2019, Race 9

  • STK
  • 1m
  • Dirt
  • $150,000
  • 2 yo Fillies
  • 4:24 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 Vast (KY) Joe Bravo 122 William I. Mott -
2 Ankle Monitor (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Angel Castillo 120 Claudio A. Gonzalez -
3 Power Move (KY) Jose Lezcano 118 Claude R. McGaughey III -
4 Sweet Kisses (KY) Junior Alvarado 118 Jeremiah C. Englehart -
5 Maedean (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Luis Saez 118 Mark A. Hennig -
6 Cee's Overture (ON) Declan Carroll 118 Mark E. Casse -