![]() Malibu Mint, who won the Grade 1 Princess Rooney at Calder in July, will attempt to win beyond seven furlongs for the first time in Friday's Grade 2, $150,000 Top Flight Handicap at one mile. Both fillies are slated to run in stakes this holiday weekend at Aqueduct. Chapman personally drove both Malibu Mint and Sweeping Glance here from Kentucky. Tuesday night literally with two fillies in tow. Trainer Jimmy Chapman arrived in New York at around 9:30 p.m. He also won the Grade 2 Dwyer at Belmont. Strong Contender began his 3-year-old campaign with a solid allowance win at Gulfstream Park. He should be a pretty serviceable horse for us next year." "We've just now starting to get serious in preparing him for his 4-year-old campaign.He's pretty ready right now, he's really developing his style and he's coming along nicely. "Since I decided not to run in the Breeders' Cup, I put some more time between his workouts," Ward said. ![]() 3 where he could very well face Breeders' Cup Classic winner Invasor. Ward hopes to use the Hal's Hope as a prep for the Donn Handicap on Feb. Still, Ward plans to wait to run Strong Contender until the $100,000 Hal's Hope Handicap at Gulfstream Park on Jan. On Tuesday morning, Strong Contender worked a solid five furlongs in 1:00.35 over the Belmont Park training track, his fifth breeze in the last six weeks. Though Super Derby winner Strong Contender is giving every indication he is ready to run soon, trainer John Ward is in no hurry to put him in the entry box. 20, tied up earlier this week and will miss the Demoiselle. My Golden Quest, a 10 3/4-length maiden winner at Monmouth Park on Sept. Air Lord, a son of Stormin Fever, won the Whirling Ash at Delaware and finished second in the Dover. While Pletcher wasn't planning on running a horse in the Cigar Mile, his prospects for the Remsen and Demoiselle came up with problems.Īir Lord, whom Pletcher was planning on running in the Remsen, will miss the race due to a foot bruise. This year, when Aqueduct hosts that same trio of stakes, Pletcher, the leading trainer in the nation in stakes wins and purse money earned, will be conspicuous by his absence. Last year, on the final weekend of major stakes racing on this circuit, Pletcher won the Cigar Mile with Purge, the Remsen with Bluegrass Cat and ran 2-3-4 in the Demoiselle. The Green Monkey, a son of Forestry breezed a furlong in 9.80 seconds prior to the sale, and created a huge buzz at that sale when he was the subject of a bidding war between Sheikh Mohammed and Coolmore. Ashford is the North American division of Coolmore Stud, which owns the colt. Pletcher said The Green Monkey was sent to Ashford Stud in Versailles, Ky. ![]() "We sort of ran out of time at Aqueduct so we're going to point for a Florida campaign," Pletcher said Wednesday."We'll give him a little bit of time off." Following that breeze the decision was made to give the colt some time. ![]() 3 and recorded four workouts including a pedestrian five-furlong move in 1:05.36 over Belmont Park's training track. That injury kept The Green Monkey off the worktab for two months. Trainer Todd Pletcher said The Green Monkey re-aggravated a glutteal muscle that he originally injured during the summer at Saratoga. The Green Monkey, who sold for a world-record $16 million at the Fasig-Tipton 2-year-old-in-training auction earlier this year, has been sent to his owner's farm in Kentucky and won't make it to the races until next year. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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