Klaravich Stable and William H. Lawrence's Leave the Light On (Horse Greeley), last year's GII Remsen S. winner, is nearing a return to the worktab and is being pointed for the Feb. 21 GII Fountain of Youth S. for his seasonal debut, trainer Chad Brown reported Thursday.
“We gave him a little breather after the Remsen, and now he's been galloping steady for about the last three weeks here at Palm Meadows,” Brown said. “He's probably ready to do some breezing, probably at the end of [the] week. He looks good. He's galloping really well.”
A $210,000 graduate of last year's OBS April sale, Leave the Light On was sixth to Daredevil (More Than Ready) in their respective racetrack debuts in the Belmont mud Sept. 13, but splashed home the 4 1/2-length winner of an off-turf Belmont maiden Oct. 16. He set a pressured pace in the Nov. 29 Remsen, but turned back all challenges for a half-length defeat of Frosted (Tapit).
“He really has gotten better with every start,” Brown stated. “His first start was sprinting and in the mud, but he got a good education from that. His second and third starts, both wins going long, he really figured things out and ran well, and he seems to have gotten bigger and stronger since we've brought him here to Florida. So we're excited about him this year.”
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