Tami Bobo and Tristan De Meric's Simplification breezed Saturday at Gulfstream Park for the second time since finishing sixth after bleeding in the May 21 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico.
The 3-year-old son of Not This Time breezed an easy five furlongs in 1:03.53 with the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) September 24 at Parx as the main goal.
“He went very easy three-eights, the gallop out was 1:15, very good,” trainer Antonio Sano said. “The Pennsylvania Derby is next month. He'll have a race before then – the Smarty Jones or the West Virginia Derby – but I don't know where yet.”
The $300,000 Smarty Jones (G3) is scheduled for Aug. 23 at Parx, while the $500,000 West Virginia Derby (G3) at Mountain will be run Aug. 6.
Simplification captured the March 5 Fountain of Youth (G2) and finished third in the April 2 Curlin Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream before finishing a strong fourth in the May 7 Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs.
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