Belmont Park: Options abound for It’s Tricky after Ogden Phipps Handicap victory

Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said he will wait a little while before deciding where next to run It’s Tricky, who won Monday’s Grade 1, $400,000 Ogden Phipps Handicap by three-quarters of a length over Cash for Clunkers.

There isn’t a Grade 1 opportunity for It’s Tricky in New York until late August – either the seven-furlong Ballerina or the 1 1/8-mile Personal Ensign – at Saratoga.

In the interim, McLaughlin said he would consider races such as the $750,000 Delaware Handicap at 1 1/4 miles on July 21 or the Grade 2, $200,000 Molly Pitcher going 1 1/16 miles at Monmouth Park on July 29.

McLaughlin said the competition might have something to do with whether he stretches It’s Tricky out to 1 1/4 miles in the DelCap.

“My feelings are she can go a mile and a quarter,” McLaughlin said. “The track is a little funny, but if we go it depends on who’s running. If everybody else is a little afraid of the track, then maybe we go; maybe we’re the favorite.”

It’s Tricky earned a 95 Beyer Speed Figure for her winning effort.