Trainer Shug McGaughey said W.S. Farish homebred Code of Honor, a last-out second to Complexity in the Grade 2 Kelso on Oct. 3, will point to either the Grade 1, $250,000 Cigar Mile for 3-year-olds and up on December 5 at Aqueduct Racetrack or the Grade 1, $500,000 Clark, a nine-furlong test for 3-year-olds and up on November 27 at Churchill Downs. Code of Honor won't make a second try to win the Grade 1, $6-million Breeders' Cup Classic, a race in which he finished seventh behind Vino Rosso at Santa Anita in 2019.
“He's doing good. We'll point him to the Clark in Louisville or the Cigar Mile here,” said McGaughey.
Last year, the Noble Mission chestnut captured the Grade 1 Travers at Saratoga en route to being elevated to victory in the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont in a four-win sophomore season that also included a score in the Grade 3 Dwyer on Big Sandy.
Code of Honor owns a record of 4-1-1-1 in 2020 which includes a win in the Grade 3 Westchester on a muddy Belmont track in June.
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