Gold Square's multiple Grade 1-winning Cyberknife had his final breeze Saturday in preparation for the $1.25 million Runhappy Travers (G1) August 27 at Saratoga Race Course.
Trained by 2021 Travers winner Brad Cox, the son of Gun Runner breezed five-eighths in 1:00 flat over Saratoga's main track, where he has posted three workouts since he captured the Haskell Invitational (G1) on July 23 at Monmouth Park , a win that saw him earn a career-best 102 Beyer Speed Figure.
“Excellent move, galloped out great and cooled out good,” said Cox. “We're all set. He's doing about as well as he can do, and we are excited about the race.”
After finishing a distant 18th in the Kentucky Derby (G1) in May at Churchill Downs, Cyberknife rebounded to capture the Matt Winn (G3) in June at the Louisville oval before his Haskell feat over victor Taiba.
Cox said that those two wins since Cyberknife's run in the Kentucky Derby and the scorching pace endured during the Derby makes a case for drawing a line through the distant finish.
“He was too close to the hot pace,” said Cox. “That was the kind of race you just draw a line through and act as if it never happened. That's what we've done. He's got a good race record since and a good race record before, and we think as long as we have a good week, we'll show up and run a big race.”
A $400,000 purchase by agent Joe Hardoon at the Fasig Tipton Kentucky Selected Yearlings Showcase, Cyberknife has a lifetime record of 5-2-0 from nine starts and $1,596,520 in earnings. He was bred in Kentucky by Ken and Sarah Ramsey.
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