Horse Racing picks for Aqueduct race track on Thursday, February 10: Get your hands on polished gem

1:20 pm Aqueduct (Race 2) – Polished Gem 7/5

A winner at Churchill Downs last April the selection has finished on the board in two of her four subsequent starts including when third in a $40,000 claiming contest over six furlongs at Saratoga in July. Has had just two starts since however and the marked drop in grade here can see her return to the winners’ enclosure having finished fourth in a seven runner seven furlong $25,000 claiming event going seven furlongs at this venue last month.

1:48 pm Aqueduct (Race 3) – Barista Vixen 7/5

Kendrick Carmouche’s mount was twice a winner at this venue early last year including when racing prominently prior to winning by two-and-a-quarter-lengths in a $25,000 claiming event at the start of April. Hit the board twice in starter allowance company at Parx late last year prior to delivering a fourth over a mile-and-seventy-yards in a similar event last month. The return to this venue is no issue and the daughter of Algorithms can provide trainer Danny Gargan with a victory.

4:30 pm Aqueduct (Race 8) – Belle Tapisserie 1/1

Linda Rice’s charge put a disappointing claiming race effort at Churchill Downs behind him when finishing runner-up over six-and-one-half-furlongs at the same venue in early November. Attempted to make all that day and while he’s been off the track since she has clocked some fair works at Belmont Park in recent months. Gets a drop in grade here and with Jose Lezcano in the saddle the seven-year-old can register a victory on his first visit to this track.