Trainer Bill Mott reported that Juddmonte's reigning champion male sprinter Elite Power will likely train up to his Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) title defense following a runner-up effort in the Forego (G1) Saturday at Saratoga Race Course.
The chestnut 5-year-old son of Curlin entered the Forego from an eight-race winning streak, which included last year's Breeders' Cup Sprint as well as a victory in the last-out Alfred G. Vanderbilt (G1) on July 29 at Saratoga. In the Forego, he raced along the rail in third before launching an inside rally in the stretch to finish 1 3/4 lengths behind the victorious Gunite.
Mott said Elite Power would probably not target the $250,000 Vosburgh (G2) on Sept. 30 at Belmont at the Big A, a race he won last year en route to his Breeders' Cup accolade.
“He seemed fine,” Mott said of how Elite Power emerged from the Forego. “He'll more than likely go straight to the Breeders' Cup.”
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