Annual Report to pay early visit to Churchill Downs

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Annual Report, the winner of the Grade 2 Futurity at Belmont going six furlongs, will stretch out in distance in the Grade 2, $200,000 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at 1 1/16 miles on Nov. 28 at Churchill Downs.

Annual Report, a son of Harlan’s Holiday, worked four furlongs in 49.79 seconds, with a final quarter of 24.10, over the Belmont Park main track on Friday.

Last year, his trainer, Kiaran McLaughlin, ran Imperia in the Kentucky Jockey Club, and that horse finished second to El Kabeir. McLaughlin has Mohaymen, the winner of Wednesday’s Nashua Stakes, to run in the Remsen here Nov. 28.

“This allows us to split them up,” McLaughlin said. “It’ll be interesting to see if [Annual Report] likes Churchill. He should go further.”