Following an impressive Keeneland allowance score in his 2023 debut, George Sharp's Front Run the Fed will target the $400,000 Jaipur (G1) for 3-year-olds and upward going six furlongs on the turf on June 10 at Belmont Park.
The Jaipur offers a “Win and You're In” berth to the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1) in November at Santa Anita.
The 7-year-old son of Fed Biz displayed an impressive turn of foot in his last effort, chasing a torrid pace from 10th-of-11 down the backstretch and weaved his way through traffic in the stretch drive under Reylu Gutierrez to win by one length. The bay horse completed the 5 1/2 furlongs in 1:02.23 and garnered a 95 Beyer Speed Figure.
Trainer Caio Caramori said Front Run the Fed puts in his best effort with time in between races. He made his 2022 debut off a nine-month layoff to win the Van Clief in July at Colonial Downs.
“He always runs well off a layoff,” Caramori said. “I like the way he's coming into this race. We gave him plenty of time between that race and this race as well, so I'm expecting a big effort. The plan is to go for the Jaipur and then regroup after that.”
Front Run the Fed breezed a half mile in :50 May 23 at The Thoroughbred Center in Lexington in his first work since his Keeneland win on April 22.
Caramori would ultimately like to point Front Run the Fed to the $1-million Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint (G2) on September 9 which is also a Breeders' Cup “Win And You're In” event. He finished a respective fourth and seventh in last two runnings of that event for Caramori and was second in the 2020 edition when conditioned by Chad Brown. Sharp purchased the six-time winner at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July Horses of Racing Age Sale for a sale-topping $440,000.
“The major objective is the million-dollar race at Kentucky Downs. He loves that track so we're trying to get there and get the best trip possible,” Caramori said. “We may come back to New York at some point again over the summer and then end up at Kentucky Downs and hopefully California for Breeders' Cup at the end of the year.”
Gutierrez is expected to retain the mount for the Jaipur.
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