Trendsetter draws rail in Peter Pan

Racing at Aqueduct will cease on June 28, but fans wanting to catch the last three graded stakes ever at the Big A will want to hightail it out to Queens on Saturday.

Preceded by the $175,000 John A. Nerud (G3) for older sprinters and the $200,000 Ruffian (G2) for fillies and mares, the $200,000 Peter Pan (G3) at 1 1/8 miles could yield starters for next month's Belmont (G1) at Saratoga.

Trendsetter will be a far shorter price than he was in last month's Lexington (G3) at Keeneland. Although winless since taking a restricted 5 1/2-furlong stakes at Colonial Downs last August, Trendsetter jumped up and won the Lexington by 2 1/4 lengths at 32-1.

"It was his first time on the dirt going two turns. I think that's what he's wanted to do all along," trainer Ben Colebrook said.

Trainer Chad Brown has won three Peter Pans, including last year's edition with Hill Road. His entry, Growth Equity, is sure to get action off a convincing 4 1/4-length maiden win going a mile on March 20.

Talk to Me Jimmy, an 11-length winner over the track-and-distance Withers S. three months ago, faded to eighth in last month's Wood Memorial (G2), a race that included Kentucky Derby (G1) third Ocelli. However, Talk to Me Jimmy was only 4 1/2 lengths adrift of the winning Albus.

The field of six also includes Bull by the Horns, who defeated Trendsetter in the Rushaway S. over Turfway Park's synthetic track last out, and recent Gulfstream maiden winner Azam.