Independence Hall (Constitution) tuned up for Saturday's 1 1/16-mile GIII Sam F. Davis S. with a four-furlong drill in :48.60 (10/82) at Tampa Bay Downs Sunday.
“He kicked on nice. I'm very happy with the breeze,” trainer Michael Trombetta said. “The way he started off [an opening eighth of a mile in about :13 seconds], you wouldn't have thought he'd breeze in :48 and change. The 'ask' was somewhere in the :48-49 range and out in the 1:01 range, and he galloped out in 1:00 4/5. So if you're choosier than that, you'll never be happy.”
A first-out winner at Parx last September, Independence Hall romped by 12 1/4 lengths in the Nov. 3 GIII Nashua S. and opened 2020 with a four-length victory in the one-mile Jerome S. at Aqueduct Jan. 1.
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