Canadian Horse of the Year Catch a Glimpse (City Zip), who remained undefeated in eight tries on the turf with a half-length success in the GI Belmont Oaks July 9, tuned up for an appearance in the GII Lake Placid S. Aug. 21 Sunday morning, breezing four furlongs in :48.40 over the Oklahoma turf training track at Saratoga.
“Everything looks good with her,” assistant trainer Norm Casse said on Sunday about the 2015 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf champion. “She's doing well and we're excited to get her going again.”
A $75,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase, Catch a Glimpse is perfect in her five trips to the post this year, including a defeat of the boys in the GIII Penn Mile June 4 ahead of her Belmont Oaks success.
RODRIGUEZ WEIGHING HIS OPTIONS
Summer Revolution (Summer Bird), undefeated in two career appearances, is under consideration for the 10-furlong GI Travers S. Aug. 27, but trainer Rudy Rodriguez confirmed Sunday that his preference would be to run the chestnut colt in the GI King's Bishop S. going seven panels earlier on the same program.
“I'm going to nominate him for both races; most likely we're going to see if we can go to the King's Bishop, but we'll see,” the conditioner said. “We'll probably make the decision together. We're going to try to do the best thing for the horse and take it from there.”
A $40,000 Keeneland September yearling turned $90,000 OBS March juvenile, Summer Revolution belied debut odds of 14-1 to drill a field of Belmont maidens by better than seven lengths July 4. He made it two straight with a dominating three-length allowance success going the King's Bishop distance at the Spa Aug. 6.
Rodriguez added, “He's doing good. He came out of the race good and he looks happy. I haven't had a chance to gallop him yet but he's fit and he's ready to go. We should be in good shape. The owner was here today and he didn't mention anything. Maybe I'll breeze him a little bit and see what I'm going to do.”
HIT IT ONCE MORE POSSIBLE FOR TRAVERS
Hit It Once More (Hard Spun), recent winner of the state-bred restricted New York Derby who carries the colors of Bill Parcells's August Dawn Farm, could give trainer Gary Sciacca his first runner in the GI Travers S. The bay will also be nominated to the Albany S. for New York-breds as well as the GI King's Bishop S.
“We're going to watch him work next week and we're going to take it from there, and make the best decision for the horse,” Sciacca said, adding that the colt would breeze over the Saratoga main track Tuesday or Wednesday.
Hit It Once More graduated when stretched to a mile for the first time at Aqueduct Apr. 14 and cleared his first allowance condition at Belmont May 14 before finishing a distant fourth facing open rivals in the June 11 Easy Goer S. The 3-2 chalk in the New York Derby at Finger Lakes July 23, Hit It Once More set a solid pace and scampered home to score by 6 1/2 lengths.
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