Fresh off a victory in the GI NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park, Journalism (Curlin) went to the track at Del Mar Thursday morning to stretch his legs following his return to the seaside oval Tuesday evening.
“Looks like he's doing very well,” trainer Michael McCarthy said. “No plans yet. Just keeping everything on the table.”
When asked if the 3-year-old's next race might be facing older horses in the GI Pacific Classic at Del Mar, McCarthy said, “At some stage you're going to have to run against older [horses]. But there's a lot of lucrative purses throughout the country for straight 3-year-olds. The one drawback is having to put a horse like him on a plane.”
Comparing travel to some of venues Journalism could possibly return to this summer, McCarthy added, “Scheduling-wise we thought the Haskell just made a lot of sense. It's an easy ship. Fly into Newark and go straight to Monmouth Park. With the lack of a real equine freight service, it's difficult to get horses to certain locales. Saratoga is one of them. Fed Ex only goes so far.”
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