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Galloping Grocer seeks Whirlaway GALLOPING GROCER (A. P Jet) proved to be the best New York-bred juvenile last season with a 7 1/2-length win in the Sleepy Hollow S. and showed his class against open company when falling only a neck short to Rockport Harbor (Unbridled's Song) in the Remsen S. (G2) in late November. The Dominick Schettino-trained gelding will make his first three-year-old start in Saturday's $75,000 Whirlaway S. at Aqueduct. A field of 10 will meet in the 1 1/16-mile contest over the inner track and Galloping Grocer will likely be a prohibitive favorite under jockey Aaron Gryder. The chestnut captured his first three starts by a combined 31 3/4 lengths before suffering his first setback in the Remsen. His top rivals include the top two finishers from the January 15 Count Fleet S., SCRAPPY T (Fit to Fight) and NAUGHTY NEW YORKER (Quiet American). DIAMOND WILDCAT (Forest Wildcat) will make his stakes bow off a nice one-mile allowance win last month. In post parade order, with riders and imposts, the Whirlaway contestants are Diamond Wildcat, Stewart Elliott, 118; TANI MARU (Cherokee Run), Mike Luzzi, 118; Naughty New Yorker, Jean-Luc Samyn, 118; SORT IT OUT (Out of Place), Tim Thornton, 120; THIEVERY (Cat Thief), Pablo Fragoso, 116; Galloping Grocer, 120; LIEUTENANT DANZ (Gold Fever), Fernando Jara, 116; DADDY JOE (Unbridled's Song), Jeremy Beasley, 116; MIDDLE EARTH (Dixieland Band), Shaun Bridgmohan, 116; and Scrappy T, Alan Garcia, 122.
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