Back on work tab, Walsh points Gosger toward Haskell

SARATOGA, SPRINGS, N.Y. – Gosger, the Preakness runner-up, returned to the work tab Wednesday at Churchill Downs, breezing a half-mile in 49.20 seconds. Gosger is preparing for a probable start in the Grade 1, $1 million Haskell on July 19 at Monmouth Park, trainer Brendan Walsh said.

“He came out of the Preakness in good order, we gave him an easy time of it since, and we’ll look forward to having him for the second half of the year,” Walsh said. “The Haskell looks like our plan with him.”

Prior to his excellent second in the Preakness, where he was just run down by a game Journalism, Gosger had won a maiden race at Gulfstream in February and the Grade 3 Lexington at Keeneland in April.

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