Pletcher Sends Out Strong Trio in Turnback the Alarm

Trainer Todd Pletcher will be represented by three fillies as looks to secure a fifth triumph in the 26th running of the Turnback the Alarm Handicap (G3) Nov. 7 going 1 1/8 miles for fillies and mares over the Aqueduct Racetrack main track.

Arriving fresh off a second career stakes triumph in the Lady's Secret Stakes at Monmouth Park is Teresa Viola Stable and St. Elias Stable's Nonna Madeline, who owns a consistent 12-4-3-1 record. The 4-year-old Candy Ride  bay maintained a stalking position in second in the early stages of the 1 1/16-mile Lady’s Secret and engaged in a stretch battle with fellow Turnback the Alarm aspirant Royal Flag, holding off the stubborn foe to win by a nose, earning a career-best 94 Beyer Speed Figure.

"She ran well that day," said Pletcher's Belmont Park-based assistant Byron Hughes. "She's a tough, hard-knocking horse and did a good job of fighting off Chad Brown's filly (Royal Flag) at the wire. It was a good solid win and she's coming into the race in good form."

The hard-fought victory made amends for a lackluster performance in the Shuvee Stakes (G3) Aug. 30 at Saratoga Race Course, where she was a distant eighth as the lukewarm favorite after winning the Spa's Summer Colony Stakes.

"She was a little further back in that race than we would have liked,” said Hughes. “She seems to do her best running when she's on the pace or close to it."

Jockey Nik Juarez retains the mount from post 3.

Farfellow Farm's Another Broad, third in the Lady's Secret, will attempt her first victory since taking the 2019 Top Flight Invitational Stakes at the Big A.

In her last out effort, the 5-year-old Include bay sported blinkers for the first time and was more forwardly placed early on. Another Broad will again race in blinkers in the Turnback the Alarm.

"The blinkers seemed to put her in the race a little more," Hughes said. "Her last few races, she finished up well but didn't really have much of a pace to run into."

Jockey Chris DeCarlo will pilot Another Broad from post 1.

Whisper Hill Farm's royally-bred Graceful Princess will be making her stakes debut and third start since a barn change to join Pletcher. She is in pursuit of a third victory.

The daughter of multiple champion-producing sire Tapit  out of 2011 Horse of the Year Havre de Grace made her debut for the Pletcher barn a victorious one when strolling home a 6 1/2 length winner in a first-level allowance event on April 24 at Gulfstream Park. Graceful Princess did not race again until Oct. 4, when a distant fifth in a Belmont Park allowance.

Jockey Kendrick Carmouche will ride from post 4.

Completing the field are Royal Flag and Mrs. Orb.

Entries: Turnback the Alarm H. (G3)

Aqueduct Racetrack, Saturday, November 07, 2020, Race 3

• Grade III
• 1 1/8m
• Dirt
• $100,000
• 3 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
• 11:50 AM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Another Broad (MD)	Christopher P. DeCarlo	118	Todd A. Pletcher	5/1
2	2Royal Flag (KY)	Trevor McCarthy	122	Chad C. Brown	1/1
3	3Nonna Madeline (KY)	Nik Juarez	124	Todd A. Pletcher	6/5
4	4Graceful Princess (KY)	Kendrick Carmouche	116	Todd A. Pletcher	15/1
5	5Mrs. Orb (NY)	Eric Cancel	120	Michael Miceli	10/1