Ambitious month of March slated for Roy H

ARCADIA, Calif. – Roy H, the champion sprinter of 2017, may have a busy month on two continents in March.

Trainer Peter Miller said Roy H is under consideration for the Grade 1 Triple Bend Stakes at Santa Anita on March 10 and the Group 1 Golden Shaheen Sprint in Dubai on March 31. Roy H won the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Del Mar last November and his 2018 debut in the Grade 2 Palos Verdes Stakes on Feb. 3 at Santa Anita.

“We’re definitely looking at the Triple Bend,” Miller said. “We felt like the last race was easy for him.”

The $400,000 Triple Bend Stakes is run at seven furlongs. The $2 million Golden Shaheen is run at six furlongs. If Roy H starts in both races, Miller said the 6-year-old gelding would be unlikely to race again until the summer meeting at Del Mar.

“He’s rested,” Miller said. “We think he can handle it.”

Owned by Rockingham Ranch and David Bernsen, Roy H has won 7 of 18 starts and earned $1,479,765.