Weigh the Risks looks strong in Listed Go for Wand

Klaravich Stables’ Weigh the Risks is 3-for-4 this year and in top form entering Saturday’s Listed $150,000 Go for Wand, a one-turn mile for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up, at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Trained by five-time Eclipse Award-winner Chad Brown, the 4-year-old Mendelssohn chestnut made six of her first seven starts on turf, yielding just one win, but has shown significant improvement since returning to dirt for her last five outings.

Weigh the Risks, when switching back to dirt five starts ago last November, dominated an optional claimer over Saturday’s course and distance by nine lengths. She next contested two more one-turn miles here, winning an optional claimer in January ahead of a 6 1/4-length second to Bernietakescharge in the Heavenly Prize Invitational in February.

“She’s really come around since we’ve had her running just on dirt,” Brown said. “We allowed her some time to develop. This seems to be her level. She is a solid Listed stakes level horse, I think. The distance shouldn’t be an issue for her. I’m very pleased with how she is coming into the race.”

Weigh the Risks’ last two efforts have been at seven furlongs, overpowering an optional claiming field in July at Saratoga Race Course, which earned a career and field-best 101 Beyer Speed Figure, and capturing the Listed Pumpkin Pie by 1 1/4 lengths last out on November 8 here.