Fish Trappe Road Targets Bishop

Trainer Bret Calhoun's GIII Dwyer S. hero Fish Trappe Road (Trappe Shot), who is slated to contest the seven-panel GI Ketel One King's Bishop S. at Saratoga Aug. 27, worked a bullet half-mile in :48.73 (1/18) over the Oklahoma training track at Saratoga Thursday morning.

“I told the rider to go :49 or :50, and he went a very easy :48 3/5, and finished out well,” said a pleased Calhoun. “It was a great work and just what we wanted. We'll get a little more serious in his next breeze, which probably will be next Friday. He is the type of horse who benefits from repetition in his surroundings, so maybe when he works next we will go to the main track to get him familiarized with it.”

Runner-up in the GII Woody Stephens S. at Belmont June 11 one start prior to his Dwyer tally, the Martin Racing Stable colorbearer will stick to shorter distances for now, but an eventual stretch out is not out of the question.

“I think he will go on to run at two turns, but with a really good cut-back race in the King's Bishop being out there, and with him being very proven at those distances, we've got a good race for him right now,” Calhoun continued. “At some point, we will stretch him out.”