Capo Kane will add blinkers for Wood Memorial

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Capo Kane will make his fourth consecutive trip to Aqueduct when he runs in the Wood Memorial. Capo Kane won the Jerome on New Year’s Day, finished third in the Grade 3 Withers, and was sixth in the Grade 3 Gotham.

Trainer Harold Wyner said he wants Capo Kane to be forwardly placed and to help achieve that objective he will add blinkers to the son of Street Sense for the Wood.

“He’s a forwardly placed horse, he needs to be out there and set his own pace and run his race,” Wyner said.

With Dylan Davis sidelined, Wyner will bring jockey Jeremey Laprida up from Parx Racing for the ride. Laprida was board for Capo Kane’s first two starts, including a 4 1/2-length maiden score on Nov. 25.

Also coming from Parx is Market Maven, a Pennsylvania-bred gelding by Super Ninety Nine who has won his last two starts, including an open first-level allowance where he defeated Bourbonic, a Todd Pletcher-trained runner who is listed as a possible Wood starter.

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The other confirmed Wood starters include Candy Man Rocket, Crowded Trade, Dynamic One, Prevalence, Risk Taking, and Weyburn.