Marisa Lizza's Wild About Deb (Eskendereya), third in Belmont's GII Peter Pan S. May 14, breezed six furlongs in 1:13.20 Tuesday morning at Churchill Downs and has been added to the list of possible entrants for the GI Belmont S. in New York June 11, according to the New York Racing Association.
Second on debut behind SW & GISP Uncle Lino (Uncle Mo) sprinting 6 1/2 furlongs at Del Mar last November, the chestnut returned from a winter layoff to easily annex a nine-furlong maiden event in the slop at Santa Anita Apr. 9. Wild About Deb shipped east for the Peter Pan and closed steadily to complete the trifecta behind undefeated 'TDN Rising Star' Unified (Candy Ride {Arg}) and fellow Belmont hopeful Governor Malibu (Malibu Moon).
Trainer Phil D'Amato sent the lightly-raced colt to Louisville in the aftermath of that effort, and he returned to the worktab May 24 with a four-furlong drill in :49.60 prior to his latest work.
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