Royal Testament

Ahead of a weekend which offers no fewer than 26 graded stakes races spread across three days, the GIII Matron Stakes at Aqueduct offers a warm up of sorts as 2-year-old fillies sprint six furlongs on the outer turf course in New York. Snow Face Princess (Midshipman) made headlines over the summer, taking the listed Bolton Landing Stakes at Saratoga before topping the Fasig-Tipton August Digital Sale where Winchell Thoroughbreds picked her up for $775,000. Making her first start for trainer Steve Asmussen at Kentucky Downs, she settled for a...

Royal Testament (Midshipman) was a debut sixth to next-out G2 Queen Mary Stakes third Lennilu (Leinster) in the Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies at Gulfstream May 10 before treating a field of Monnmouth maidens to a 3 3/4-length beating back on July 27. Taking on her male counterparts in this return to stakes competition, Royal Testament bounced well from gate five and cut out the running from Red Lad (American Pharoah) through an opening quarter in :22.05. Holding that one at bay turning for home, Royal Testament opened up on her...