Adelphi Racing Club Has Plenty To Look Forward To In 2026

Jan 11 2026

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Adelphi Racing Club has enjoyed a cluster of wins from talented prospects in recent weeks and hopes to further their success throughout 2026 as Gratefully, Time to Roll, and One Nine Hundred have announced their presence in their respective divisions.

“We want to continue to raise our profile as time goes on, and we’re excited about our horses,” said Joe Migliore, Head of Racing and Partnership Operations for Adelphi Racing Club, a racing syndicate founded by Matt Cutair, alongside original partners Jordan Zotts and Brian Hahn in 2019. “I look at our roster right now and I think there’s several horses that have big steps forward in them. We’re on a bit of a hot streak and I think it has all the potential to keep going. The roster is pretty strong right now, and hopefully the upcoming yearlings and 2-year-olds will add to that.”

Turf sprinter Gratefully, a 4-year-old filly co-owned by Shelly Hume and Russell Hume, is faultless through four lifetime outings, and successfully took her show on the road to post an eye-catching 3 3/4-length optional claiming victory on January 8 at Santa Anita Park for trainer Rob Falcone, Jr.  

The Laoban dark bay won by six lengths on debut in an off-the-turf maiden claiming tilt in August at Saratoga Race Course for trainer Ray Handal, and was then moved to the Falcone, Jr. barn. Her next outing was again rained off the turf, but she won determinedly by three-quarter-lengths in a six-furlong starter optional claiming tilt in September at Belmont at the Big A. She went on to make a successful turf debut with a nose score in a local six-furlong tilt in October ahead of her recent score in the Golden State.

“She was 3-for-3 here in New York and even though her first two wins came on dirt, she was a filly that had a pedigree that made us want to get her on the grass,” Migliore said. “She was able to win that allowance on the turf here and was thriving, so we didn’t want to give her time off. She went to California and I’m happy she kept her record perfect.”

Migliore emphasized the partnership's commitment to New York racing and said the likely goal with Gratefully is to keep her on a path that leads to the Grade 2 Intercontinental this summer at the Spa. The next step towards that goal is the restricted six-furlong $100,000 Wishing Well on February 21 at Santa Anita.

“We are absolutely of the belief that she can be a stakes filly sprinting on the grass here in New York throughout 2026,” Migliore said. “She’ll run in the Wishing Well next for her first stakes try, but we have the full intention of bringing her back to New York. A possible long-term target would be the Intercontinental if everything continues to go well for her and she proves she can belong in that company. She’s certainly earned the shot right now to try stakes company.”

Time to Roll, a sophomore New York-bred son of Not This Time, was a 6 3/4-length winner of a seven-furlong state-bred allowance on December 11 here for trainer Horacio De Paz. There, he stalked in fourth under Jaime Rodriguez and ranged up in the turn with a five-wide move to draw even with a pair of foes before driving strongly down the lane to win in a final time of 1:26.24.

Migliore said the colt is on target for the seven-furlong $135,000 Damon Runyon for state-bred sophomores on February 7 here.

“He’s another horse we thought a lot of before his debut,” Migliore said. “He has a big circle on the Damon Runyon. We had been a little turf minded with him originally, but the dirt proved to be the right move. He has come out of his race phenomenal. I think he’s going to take even another step forward off that win.”

Bred by Kingsport Farm, Time to Roll was a $270,000 purchase at the 2024 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Preferred New York-bred Yearling Sale and is out of the Grade 3-placed Medaglia d’Oro mare My Galina. His third dam is multiple graded stakes-winning millionaire Stellar Jayne.

On Friday at the Big A, One Nine Hundred was a 4 1/2-length winner of a six-furlong optional claimer that garnered a career-best 104 Beyer Speed Figure. Trained by Tom Morley, the 4-year-old Dialed In colt made his second start off a four-month respite, and improved from a third in a November 20 optional claimer going the same distance over a muddy and sealed Churchill Downs main track.

Migliore said One Nine Hundred has the potential to be a prominent player in upcoming sprint stakes at Aqueduct.

“I won’t commit the trainer to anything, but we know when this horse is right, he can run with anyone in that division,” Migliore said of the colt that is co-owned by Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and Steven Rocco.

Along with the trio of recent breakout winners, Adelphi also has a few seasoned stakes-level horses on their roster, including Group 2-placed Pandagate and stakes-placed Bettrluckythangood.

Pandagate, co-owned with Madaket Stables, Corms Racing Stable and On The Rise Again Stable and trained by Miguel Clement, was a standout sophomore in the New York-bred dirt division, taking Aqueduct’s Gander, Saratoga’s Albany and Finger Lakes Racetrack’s New York Derby in 2024.

That year, he also took the partnership on the trip of a lifetime to Meydan Racecourse to run a respectable third in the Group 2 U.A.E. Derby, finishing 6 3/4 lengths behind the victorious Forever Young.

Last year, the son of Arrogate made just one start, finishing a flat fourth in an open-company allowance in August at Saratoga. Migliore said the ridgling will be back this year, with hopes he will find his best form again after the layoff.

“It was an unbelievable 3-year-old year for Pandagate winning three stakes and taking the partnership to Dubai,” Migliore said. “He has been our main stable star, and it was unfortunate he’s had some on-and-off things that delayed his campaign last year, and that he came out of his one race and needed time off again. We still think a lot of him, and we’re hoping he can put together a sound and healthy campaign in 2026.”

Migliore added Pandagate, bred by Fred W. Hertrich, III, recently returned to training at WinStar Farm where he will have a few works before rejoining the Clement barn this spring.

Bettrluckythangood also looks to make a splash in the New York-bred turf division this year after capping his 5-year-old campaign with a game second to next-out Grade 1-winner Rhetorical in the West Point presented by Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital on August 24 at the Spa for Clement.

Co-owned by Randy Stasi, Jared Brechman and Jay Stasi, the Lookin At Lucky chestnut made three starts last year, and last visited the winner’s circle for a nose score in a November 2024 state-bred optional claimer at the Big A. Bred by Windylea Farm, Bettrluckythangood looks to commence a campaign this spring that Migliore hopes will include stakes success.

“He’s down in Ocala and will rejoin Miguel in about a month or so,” Migliore said. “That will gear him up for New York-bred grass stakes throughout the year. He ran such a good race against Rhetorical in the West Point, and we were very proud of his effort that day. That performance probably wins a lot of New York-bred turf stakes. We gave him his winter break to get fresh for this season, and the Clement barn does such an outstanding job with conditioning these horses into much later ages than you see with some other trainers.”

Bettrluckythangood holds a career record of 13-3-3-3 with total purse earnings of $252,450.