Arctic Arrogance to run in Gotham instead of waiting for Wood
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Arctic Arrogance, second to Hit Show in the Grade 3 Withers Stakes, will be pointed to the Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham Stakes on March 4, trainer Linda Rice said Wednesday.
Rice said neither the three weeks back to the Gotham nor the eight weeks to the Grade 2 Wood Memorial is ideal, but that she didn’t want to wait two months to run the horse back.
“We can’t keep weight off of him, so we are considering the Gotham seriously,” said Rice, who also likes the one-turn mile for the son of Frosted.
Artic Arrogance went back to the track on Tuesday and on Wednesday was already galloping.
“You got to put him back to work before he gets himself in trouble,” Rice said.
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