Afleet Destiny Aims for First Stakes win in Busanda

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Photo: Chad B. Harmon
Uriah St. Lewis owns and trains Afleet Destiny, who is entered in the Busanda Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack

Horseman Uriah St. Lewis, best known for sending out Discreet Lover to an upset victory in last year's Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park, will aim for another stakes win in New York Feb. 3.

St. Lewis will saddle filly Afleet Destiny in the $100,000 Busanda Stakes Sunday at Aqueduct Racetrack. Afleet Destiny, who also is owned by St. Lewis, will face an expected 10 other 3-year-old fillies in the 1 1/8-mile test.

A daughter of Hard Spun , Afleet Destiny found success in her initial two-turn start when she rallied from fourth to win a one-mile maiden race Nov. 11 at Parx Racing. She followed that effort with a runner-up finish to Positive Spirit in the nine-furlong Demoiselle Stakes (G2) Dec. 1 at Aqueduct, her final start of 2018.

"She's doing great," St. Lewis said. "She handled the track well in the Demoiselle, and we know she can get the distance. After that race, we let her have a few weeks off to grow into her own, and she's come back and breezed strong. She looks very fit."

Jockey Anthony Salgado, who guided Afleet Destiny in her first five starts, will be aboard Sunday.

The Busanda awards qualifying points to the top four finishers towards the Road to the Kentucky Oaks  on a scale of 10-4-2-1.

The Busanda field also includes the third-place finisher from the Demoiselle, Arindel's Filly Joel, as well as New York-bred Elegant Zip, who has placed in three stakes for state-breds.


Entries: Busanda S.

Aqueduct Racetrack, Sunday, February 03, 2019, Race 8

  • STK
  • 1 1/8m
  • Dirt
  • $100,000
  • 3 yo Fillies
  • 4:25 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Always Shopping (KY) Manuel Franco 118 Todd A. Pletcher 6/1
2 2Getting Warmer (PA)Keeneland Sales Graduate Mychel J. Sanchez 118 Edward J. Coletti, Jr. 15/1
3 3Afleet Destiny (KY) Anthony Salgado 118 Uriah St. Lewis 9/2
4 4Floss Dancer (KY) Eric Cancel 118 Michael Tannuzzo 30/1
5 5Discreet Sister (PA) Jorge A. Vargas, Jr. 120 Cathal A. Lynch 20/1
6 6Elegant Zip (NY) Dylan Davis 118 David G. Donk 6/1
7 7Lady Banba (KY) Frankie Pennington 118 Robert E. Reid, Jr. 12/1
8 8Destiny Over Fate (MD) Reylu Gutierrez 118 Lacey Gaudet 15/1
9 9Filly Joel (FL) Jose Lezcano 118 Rudy R. Rodriguez 2/1
10 10No Mo Lady (MD)Keeneland Sales Graduate Julian Pimentel 120 Michael J. Trombetta 20/1
11 11Miss Marilyn (KY) Junior Alvarado 118 Danny Gargan 5/1