Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey reported that Will Farish's homebred Code of Honor is readying for his next start and said he was buoyed by the 5-year-old's bullet breeze for five furlongs in 1:01.40 Wednesday on the Oklahoma dirt training track in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
McGaughey said Code of Honor, the 2019 Grade 1 Runhappy Travers-winner, is likely to return to action in the Grade 3 Philip H. Iselin on Aug. 21 at Monmouth Park in New Jersey.
“He is probably going to run in the Iselin. He has trained very, very well up here. He had a great work yesterday,” said McGaughey, who brought the son of Noble Mission to Saratoga from his Fair Hill Training Center barn at the start of the meet. “I'm looking forward to getting him back.”
Code of Honor, the 2019 Kentucky Derby runner-up, has made one 2021 start, finishing fifth in the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup on Jan. 23.
McGaughey said First Captain, the Grade 3 Dwyer Stakes winner who disappointed with a third-place finish as the short-priced favorite in the Curlinon July 30, will likely not start in the Grade 1 Runhappy Travers on Aug. 28.
“We're probably not planning on running in the Travers but if something happens where the race were to fall apart, we're going to be ready. It probably will be more likely that the Pennsylvania Derby [on Sept. 25 at Parx] is where we're going with him,” McGaughey said.
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