Alsono may have run his last race

The 11-time stakes winner Alsono is getting some downtime, but there’s a chance he could be retired and enter stud next year in New Mexico. Trainer Justin Evans said conversations with Alsono’s ownership are ongoing to determine the next step for the 5-year-old Alsono, who is coming off an allowance score Sept. 11 at Zia.

“He’s won his last five in a row,” Evans said. “He kind of got banged around last time. They bumped him really hard going into the turn, put him into the inside rail, cut his shoulder up.”

Alsono has been turned out, said Evans.

“We’re thinking about retiring him, put him into stud the first of the year,” he said. “We’ll see how he likes being out at the farm. He’s falling into it pretty good right now.”

Alsono has won stakes at distances ranging from 870 yards to a mile, making him appealing to both breeders of Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses, said Evans.

“He’s 8 for 8 going 870,” he said.

Alsono is by Limestone and is 9 for 22 with earnings of $309,079