ROYALLY BRED DUKE OF NAPLES WINS AT THE BIG A

A $210,000 Keeneland September yearling, DUKE OF NAPLES, by Empire Maker, scored on Aqueduct’s inner dirt track going 1 1/16 miles. Well placed, the Bruce Levine trainee took the lead in midstretch and prevailed by a nose after a long hard drive against Whateverittakes. Bred by Berkshire Stud and Oak Cliff, DUKE OF NAPLES is out of the Halo mare Merion Miss and is a half-brother to four stakes horses, he races for My Meadowview Farm.