ARCTIC conditions at Aqueduct forced the New York Racing Association to cancel racing and shift the $250,000 Grade 3 Withers Stakes on a week to last Saturday.

It made no difference to the Brad Cox-trained Hit Show as he pulled away in the stretch and posted a convincing five-and-a-half-length victory over Arctic Arrogance in the first mile-and-half-a-furlong Kentucky Derby prep for three-year-olds in New York.