the schedule would see those features back loaded on the latter half of the program. That's not the case, however, with Saturday's 11-race card at Aqueduct, as three of the four stakes are sprinkled throughout the card having gone with five or fewer entries.

The Aidan O’Brien-trained Santa Barbara brought Group 1 form into Saturday’s $700,000 Belmont Oaks (G1), but she didn’t get to flaunt it until deep stretch.