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Goal Oriented, third in the Grade 1 Haskell in his most recent start, worked seven furlongs in 1:23.80 on Friday morning at Del Mar for an anticipated start in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers Stakes on Aug. 23 at Saratoga.
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Two weeks after he was scratched from the Grade 2 Eddie Read Stakes, the veteran gelding Gold Phoenix is entered in a tough allowance race at a mile on turf at Del Mar on Saturday – along with six other stakes winners.
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Last Saturday morning at Del Mar, Brooklyn Blonde flew through a half-mile from the gate in 46.80 seconds to record the fastest workout of 105 times at the distance.
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Tarantino, who has been second or third in eight graded stakes since January 2021 but has yet to win a race at that level, worked a half-mile in 48.40 seconds at Del Mar on Friday in advance of an expected start in the Grade 2 Charles Town Classic in West Virginia on Aug. 22.
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Monday's nine-race program at Ellis includes three $100,000 maiden special weights, an open 3-year-old filly turf sprint allowance worth $108,000, and a dirt-route second-level allowance with a $102,000 purse.
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Trainer Brad Cox has both Fionn, the Grade 1 Belmont Oaks winner, and Destino D'Oro, the Grade 3 Pucker Up winner, aimed toward the $2 million Dueling Grounds Oaks on Sept. 10.
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Otago makes his third trip of the summer to Monmouth on Sunday from trainer Kelsey Danner's base at Turfway Park, and meets some easier rivals than he's been facing in the $100,000 Oceanport Stakes going 1 1/16 miles on turf.
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In Sunday's Grade 3, $175,000 Mahony Stakes at 5 1/2 furlongs on turf at Saratoga, Governor Sam will be a deserving favorite, while Gabaldon will be a potential value play in a field of nine 3-year-olds.
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Banishing sits at 6-5 on the Ellis Park morning line for Sunday's $200,000 R.A. Cowboy Jones Stakes, a 1 1/2-turn mile that suits him perfectly. But trainer David Jacobson, who trains Banishing, might seek bigger game. He nominated Banishing to the $1 million Charles Town Classic on Aug. 22 and late this week said he was 50-50 to scratch Sunday.
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Five weeks ago, Big Boat won a first-level allowance race by six lengths at an extremely overlaid 17-1. Too bad if you missed that, but at 10-1 on the morning line for the Ellis Park Derby, there's still time to join the Big Boat party.
