Interstatedaydream wins the Turnback the Alarm Nov. 3 at Aqueduct (Chelsea Durand)
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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla.— Graded-stakes winners Interstatedaydream, Maryquitecontrary, Honor D Lady and Nostalgic and Chilean Group 2 winner Yuki top 21 nominations to the $150,000 Royal Delta (G3) Saturday, Feb. 17 at Gulfstream Park.
Interstatedaydream was third or better in 13 of 14 starts with seven wins and $806,369 in purse earnings for Flurry Racing Stable before being purchased by Mike Repole for $1.4 million at Keeneland’s November 2023 mixed sale.
Now with Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, the 5-year-old mare won the Black-Eyed Susan (G2) and Indiana Oaks (G3) in successive starts at 3 and ended her 4-year-old season with wins in the Twixt at Laurel Park and Turnback the Alarm at Aqueduct.
Rodney Lundock’s Maryquitecontrary owns seven career wins, all at Gulfstream, including the 2023 Inside Information (G2), 2022-23 Rampart and 2022 Sheer Drama. She was most recently third in defense of her Inside Information title Jan. 27.
Godolphin homebred Nostalgic won Aqueduct’s 2022 Gazelle (G3) and was subsequently third in the Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) and second in the Turnback the Alarm (G3) and 2023 Chilukki (G3).
Final Furlong Farm and Madaket Stables’ Honor D Lady broke her maiden in 2022 and won the 2023 Honey Ryder at Gulfstream, the latter over the all-weather Tapeta course. Last year she captured the Remington Park Oaks (G3) and ran second in the Selene (G3) and third in the Comely (G3).
Haras Lizzie, Inc. homebred Yuki won the 2023 Haras de Chile Marcel Zarour Atanacio (G2) and was second by a nose in the 2022 Alberto Solari Magnasco (G1) in her native Chile, finishing third in a 6 ½-furlong optional claiming allowance last July at Gulfstream in her U.S. debut. She has won two of five domestic starts including the Dark Mirage in September at Los Alamitos.
Also prominent among nominees are stakes winners Beth’s Dream, Infinite Diamond, Opus Forty Two, Soul of an Angel and Unifying; and graded-stakes placed Goddess of Fire, Imonra and Tizzy in the Sky.
