Saturday's Acorn S. took an unexpected turn shortly before the start when champion Echo Zulu was scratched from the historic one-mile test.

A non-threatening fourth in her stakes debut in the Dec. 4 Demoiselle (G2), Godolphin’s homebred Nostalgic was an entirely different proposition when returning to Aqueduct for Saturday’s $250,000 Gazelle (G3).

After sustaining her first loss in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), Pocahontas (G3) romper Hidden Connection bids to regain top form in Saturday’s $300,000 Rachel Alexandra (G2) at Fair Grounds.