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Tuesday, 20 March 2007 |
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Nobiz Like Shobiz is starting to get serious again, breezing five furlongs in a bullet :59 4/5 at Gulfstream for the Wood Memorial (gr. I). Adore the Gold, who should show big improvement in the Florida Derby (gr. I) off his game performance in the Fountain of Youth (gr. II), turned in a bullet five-furlong breeze in 1:00 at Gulfstream.
Stormello, back home at Hollywood Park, continued his fast works, breezing five furlongs in :59 3/5 for his return trip to Gulfstream. As trainer Bill Currin said, "If I took a bad flight to Florida to run for $350,000 and grade II, why wouldn't I take a good flight to run for $1 million and grade I?" Also at Hollywood, dual stakes winner Notional tuned up for the Florida Derby with a six-furlong drill in a bullet 1:13 3/5.Nick Zito is looking to stretch out Forefathers, who lost all chance when he was left at the gate from the rail in the Hutcheson (gr. II). He said he is considering Saturday’s Rushaway Stakes at Turfway. Another possible stretch-out is Boogie Boggs, second to Deadly Dealer in a Gulfstream allowance, but Zito hasn’t decided on a race yet. Zito’s big 3-year-old is Belmont Futurity (gr. II) runner-up C P West, who is up to a half-mile in his works. Injured slightly in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, the son of Came Home is too far behind to make the Derby, but, based on his huge effort in the Futurity behind the more seasoned King of the Roxy, this definitely is a colt to watch later on.
Source tcm.bloodhorse.com |
