Code of Honor works toward Remsen start

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Code of Honor, the Grade 1 Champagne runner-up who was forced to scratch from the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile on Nov. 2 due to a temperature, is on schedule to run in the Grade 2, $250,000 Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct on Dec. 1, trainer Shug McGaughey said Monday.

On Monday, Code of Honor was credited with a half-mile work in 49.66 seconds over Belmont Park’s main track.

McGaughey said he had Code of Honor out five furlongs “in 1:01 and change.” The work came just four days after Code of Honor worked three furlongs in 37.23 seconds.

“I thought he worked really good again today, he finished up good,” McGaughey said Monday. “I thought the track was really dead, but I thought he worked really good. I’ll come back and work him solid again next weekend depending on the weather.”

The Remsen is expected to draw Maximus Mischief, the undefeated Parx-based colt trained by Butch Reid who worked six furlongs in 1:12.21 at Parx on Sunday, and Vekoma, winner of the Grade 3 Nashua here.