Pletcher Victors Exits Races in Fine Form

The Todd Pletcher stable had a successful weekend in both Florida and New York, with Constitution (Tapit) capturing the GI Donn H., Mshawish (Medaglia d'Oro) taking the GI Gulfstream Park Turf H., Sandiva (Footstepsinthesand {GB}) annexing the GIII Suwannee River S., and Far From Over (Blame) pulling a minor upset in Aqueduct's GIII Withers S. 
“We were hopeful that we could have a big day,” Pletcher said. “We felt like we had some horses that were training very well. In Mshawish and Sandiva's case, they were both coming off stakes wins at the meet, and Constitution, we knew he liked Gulfstream from last year. So we were optimistic, but at the same time, we knew they were difficult races to win.”

As for Far From Over, the conditioner noted that, “He came back well. Thankfully, he didn't grab anything when he stumbled leaving the gate. I thought it was a pretty impressive effort to do that in his second start. I would say the most likely scenario is that he'll stay in New York and run in the [GIII] Gotham [S. Mar. 7].” 

Although Pletcher has not finalized his future plans for the rest of his runners, he did say that the G1 Dubai World Cup Mar. 28 is a possibility for WinStar and Twin Creeks Racing's Constitution. “I talked to Elliott [Walden of WinStar] a little bit [Sunday] morning about Constitution,” Pletcher explained. “We've kicked around the idea of Dubai, but we haven't committed to it yet. It's certainly one of the options.”