The $300,00 Carter Handicap (G1) is the second of two Grade 1 events on Saturday at Aqueduct, and features the older sprinting division. A field of 8 contested this 7 furlong dash on the main track, with the 2-horse entry of Kodiak Kowboy and Biker Boy sent off as the 2-1 favorite, each co-owned by Fox Hill Farms. Kodiak Kowboy finished second in the Duncan F. Kenner Stakes at the Fair Grounds last time out, while Biker Boy was making his stakes debut after winning four allowance races in a row, all by open lengths. In to challenge them included 5-2 second choice Fabulous Strike, second in the General George at Laurel after winning both the Fall Highweight and the Gravesend, and 3-1 third choice Tale of Ekati, fourth in the Richter Scale last out after just missing in the Cigar Mile.
Fabulous Strike set the pace down on the rail through fractions of 22.23 and 44.52 over the fast surface while being stalked by Driven By Success to his outside. Fabulous Strike continued to lead to mid-stretch, opening up a 1 1/2 length advantage at the 1/8 pole and getting 6 furlongs in 1:09.26. However, Kodiak Kowboy, who was reserved in 7th early, came out 5 wide for the drive and closed well down the center of the track to get up by a head in a time of 1:22.47. It was a long 2 lengths back from Fabulous Strike to Driven by Success third.
Results chart from DRF
Also on the card were the Wood Memorial and Bay Shore Stakes
