Attfield (Vekoma) played the role of the Fantastic Mr. Fox to perfection as he shot through a hole to swipe the Central Park Stakes at the Big A on Friday afternoon.The Tom Morley trainee donned cap and gown on debut after sprinting on the grass at the Spa Aug. 29 when he rallied to best eventual stakes winner Schwarzenegger (Not This Time). Attfield tried the Aqueduct turf course in the GIII Futurity Stakes Oct. 3 and improved to make the podium.As a 7-2 shot here, the colt broke a touch inward, but was able to be forwardly placed along the rail just behind the pacesetting Honey Dutch (Knicks Go). Saving ground around the first turn and up the backstretch, the 3-year-old was waiting for daylight and his cue around the far turn. The leader entered the lane looking for the wire because Attfield was about to gun his engine. Tipping to the two path, the chestnut fired his best shot, collared Honey Dutch at the sixteenth marker and was up in plenty of time.“He's [Attfield] very fast but he has a wonderful demeanor this horse,” said trainer Tom Morley. “He's out of a Street Boss mare–and he's by Vekoma–but physically he does look like a horse that should be able to stretch out.“Today was a very important day–firstly, I thought it was important we didn't go to the front–he's been running in fast sprint races,” he said. “I wanted to see him get a lead and Ricardo [Santana, Jr.] and I spoke about that this morning, and he and I both thought he should be sitting in the catbird seat right behind whoever was in front.”The first to the races for his dam, the winner claims a half-sister by Mendelssohn who is currently a yearling. A half-sister to Canadian stakes winner Ray's Away (Limehouse), Graceful Witch visited Newgate for next spring. Attfield is his sire's (by Candy Ride {Arg}) 17th stakes winner.CENTRAL PARK S., $150,000, Aqueduct, 11-7, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:43.87, fm.1–ATTFIELD, 120, c, 2, by Vekoma 1st Dam: Graceful Witch, by Street Boss 2nd Dam: Sorus, by Capote 3rd Dam: Shakela, by Alydar($75,000 Wlg '23 KEENOV; $220,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Rainbow's End Racing Stable LLC and West Paces Racing LLC; B-Jose Martin Ramirez (KY); T-Thomas Morley; J-Ricardo Santana, Jr. $82,500. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, $158,500.2–Noble Dynasty, 120, c, 2, Kingman (GB)–Delta's Royalty (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O/B-Besilu Stables LLC (KY); T-William I. Mott. $30,000.3–Honey Dutch, 120, c, 2, Knicks Go–Ms V Time, by Tiznow. ($33,000 Wlg '23 KEENOV). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Legion Racing and Awestrike Racing; B-Matt Montgomery (KY); T-D. Whitworth Beckman. $18,000.Margins: HF, NK, 1HF. Odds: 3.82, 1.81, 2.82.Also Ran: Beach Ballad-(DH), Jutland-(DH), Sun Above, Omaha Storm, Likeness.Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.ATTFIELD gets his first stakes win in the Central Park Stakes under @RSantana_Jr for @morley_racing. pic.twitter.com/WYGuHBVkqn— NYRA () (@TheNYRA) November 7, 2025The post Vekoma’s Attfield Swipes The Central Park Stakes At The Big A appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.