Law Professor in fine fettle for Queens County
At 0h03, on December 31, 2022 • By AQUEDUCT
Twin Creeks Racing Stables’ graded stakes-winning homebred Law Professor is listed as the 5-2 morning line favorite in Saturday’s $150,000 Queens County to close out stakes action for 2022 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Trained by Rob Atras, the 4-year-old Constitution gelding enters the nine-furlong route for 3-year-olds and up from a pair of difficult Grade 1 engagements when second to Life Is Good in the nine-furlong Woodward in October over a sloppy and sealed Big A main track and an even fifth last out in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile on November 5 at Keeneland.
While Atras had initially considered the Grade 1 Cigar Mile presented by NYRA Bets on December 3 as a possible return for Law Professor, he elected to wait for added distance and the prospect of easier company.
“We gave him a couple weeks of downtime, but never really took him out of training,” Atras said. “We gave him a couple breezes and this seemed like a good spot. He’s already run at Aqueduct and run the mile and an eighth well.”
Law Professor tracked from sixth position through the final turn in the Dirt Mile and angled six-wide for the stretch run to finish 7 1/2-lengths back of the victorious Cody’s Wish.
Atras said the added distance Saturday should benefit Law Professor after chasing rapid splits at the Breeders’ Cup.
