So Cruel started the New Year with a bang, winning a mile affair at Aqueduct to break her maiden. In the end, she made it look easy. But it didn’t start out that way. Content to race in last place for more than half the race, she trailed the field by nearly 16 lengths after a quarter-mile and more than a dozen lengths at the half while racing greenly. Entering the stretch 5-wide, she was still way behind. But then she started to run! Passing 4 horses in the final furlong, she sped away to a ¾-length victory and the winner’s share of the $31,000 purse.

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