As a lot because the $194,000 Peter Pan Stakes (G3) is New York’s steppingstone race to the Belmont Stakes (G1), the victorious Progress Fairness is probably not taking that large step.
Coach Chad Brown was noncommittal in regards to the ultimate jewel within the Triple Crown after Klaravich Stables’ Nyquist  colt drew away to a 2-length victory within the 1 1/8-mile stakes race for 3-year-olds at Aqueduct Racetrack, expressing some concern in regards to the added furlong within the Belmont.Progress Fairness, b, 3/c
Nyquist — My Pricey Venezuela, by Wildcat Inheritor
Proprietor: Klaravich Stables, Inc.
Breeder: Stone Farm (KY)
Coach: Chad C. Brown
Jockey: Flavien Prat
Data offered by Equibase at time of entry.
Pedigree Notes
Nyquist stands at Darley for $175,000 (2026).
Sale Historical past
KEESEP2024 • $425,000 • Consignor: Stone Farm • Purchaser: Klaravich Secure.
Irish Maxima, b, 5/m
Maximus Mischief — Palace Pier, by Out of Place
Proprietor: Irish Three Racing LLC
Breeder: Pillar Property Companies Inc (KY)
Coach: John C. Servis
Jockey: Frankie Pennington
Data offered by Equibase at time of entry.
Pedigree Notes
Maximus Mischief stands at Spendthrift Farm for $20,000 (2026).
Sale Historical past
FTMMAY2023 • $50,000 • Consignor: James Layden • Purchaser: John Servis, agent.
FTKOCT2022 • $65,000 • Consignor: Vinery Gross sales • Purchaser: James Layden, agent.
Durante, b, 7/g
Distorted Humor — Seahawk Woman, by Pioneerof the Nile
Proprietor: Jacobson, David
Breeder: William Humphries & Altair Farms LLC (KY)
Coach: David Jacobson
Jockey: Ricardo Santana, Jr.
Data offered by Equibase at time of entry.
Sale Historical past
OBSMAR2021 • $130,000 • Consignor: Richardson Bloodstock, agent • Purchaser: Dennis O’Neill.
FTKSEP2020 • $60,000 • Consignor: Woodford Thoroughbreds, agent • Purchaser: Michael Neatherlin.
“I am going to discuss to Seth (Klarman, Klaravich proprietor). Speaking to (jockey Flavien Prat), he wasn’t in opposition to extra floor, however we each have to unpack it a bit in a while,” Brown stated. “It is powerful to say. He dealt with a mile and an eighth effectively, however he did not scream to me like he wished extra floor. So I’m not in a rush to get him out to a mile and 1 / 4 within the Belmont. You’ll be able to’t say ‘No, we cannot go,’ however you are not shopping for your Belmont field both.”
The victory, which netted Progress Fairness free entry and beginning charges for the Belmont Stakes, marked a gentle development for the colt, who got here into the Peter Pan off three begins within the maiden ranks: seconds at 6 furlongs and seven furlongs, and a win at a one-turn mile.
“I used to be cautiously optimistic he would deal with the mile and an eighth. He is very athletic and effectively made,” Brown stated. “It is a good win, however the place does he match? How far does he need to go? He answered this, however I do not assume he let you understand for certain in regards to the subsequent step.
“There are lots of mile-and-an-eighth races which can be simply wonderful.”
Withers Stakes winner Discuss to Me Jimmy set the tempo within the Peter Pan, reeling off fractions of :23.80 and :48.35, whereas Prat stored Progress Fairness fourth within the small discipline of 5.
Shifting easily on the flip, the son of the Wildcat Inheritor mare My Pricey Venezuela collared Discuss to Me Jimmy on the high of the stretch and edged away. A New York-bred son of Modernist  owned by SEI Thoroughbreds, Michael Imperio, and coach Rudy Rodriguez, Discuss to Me Jimmy stored battling however Progress Fairness stayed clear and crossed the end line in 1:50.25 and paid $4.04 because the even-money favourite.
“We fought, but it surely’s powerful being on the lead,” Rodriguez stated.
Lexington Stakes (G3) winner Trendsetter was 3 1/4 lengths again of Discuss to Me Jimmy in third. The second and third finishers additionally obtain free entry and beginning charges for the Belmont.
Bred by Stone Farm in Kentucky, Progress Fairness was purchased for $425,000 on the 2024 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
Video: Peter Pan S. (G3)
Irish Maxima prevails in Ruffian
Irish Three Racing’s Irish Maxima used her sharp early velocity completely within the $200,000 Ruffian Stakes (G2), dashing away to a 6-length lead on the quarter pole after which hanging on to carry off a late bid by Lane’s Finish’s Cassiar  to prevail by a size within the mile stakes for older fillies and mares.
Educated by John Servis, the Parx Racing-based Maximus Mischief  mare posted a 3rd straight victory underneath common rider Frankie Pennington. These two earlier wins have been by a mixed 10 3/4 lengths in allowance optionally available claimers.
Bred by Pillar Property Companies in Kentucky out of the Out of Place mare Palace Pier, she posted her eleventh win in 18 profession begins.
A $50,000 buy on the 2023 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Yr-Olds in Coaching Sale, she has now earned $756,318.
Picture: Coglianese Images/Chelsea DurandIrish Maxima wins the Ruffian Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack
Klaravich Stables’ Inefficiency , the 8-5 favourite, was third.
After masking the primary 6 furlongs in 1:09.22, the ultimate time for the mile was 1:36.51 on monitor.
Video: Ruffian S. (G2)
Durante proves greatest in Nerud
A race earlier, proprietor/coach David Jacobson’s Durante pressed the early tempo after which outdueled Acoustic Ave within the ultimate yards to take the $175,000 John A. Nerud Stakes (G3) by a neck.
The 7-year-old Distorted Humor gelding was coming off a runner-up end to Illuminare in an allowance optionally available claimer at Keeneland.
A. Bianco Holding’s Acoustic Ave was second within the dash stakes for older runners with Full Moon Insanity third. One 9 Hundred , the 4-5 favourite, was fifth within the discipline of six.
Durante ($16.50), a million-dollar earner bred by William Humphries and Altair Farms, was clocked in 1:10.45 for the 6 furlongs over , sealed monitor.
Video: John A. Nerud S. (G3)
