Come Dancing back in her wheelhouse for Vagrancy

ELMONT, N.Y. – Grade 1 winner Come Dancing will return to sprinting and Belmont Park when she heads the field for Saturday’s Grade 3, $100,000 Vagrancy Handicap at 6 1/2 furlongs.

Come Dancing came off a 6 1/2-month layoff in the Grade 1 Apple Blossom Handicap at 1 1/16 miles around two turns at Oaklawn and finished 12th of 14.

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After a brief visit to the Fair Hill Training Center, Come Dancing returned to trainer Carlos Martin at Belmont Park, where the mare put in two sharp workouts, including a five-furlong move in 57.94 seconds over the main track June 15.

The Belmont main track has been extremely fast in the mornings for most of the meet.

“Everything seems fine, we have to get her back on track sprinting at Belmont,” Martin said. “She’s got to show up and be the same Come Dancing, but I don’t see any reason that would indicate otherwise. The work was great, Javier [Castellano] was happy. She’s sound. She’s been putting on weight since she got back here from Oaklawn.”

Last year, Come Dancing won the Gallant Bloom and Ruffian, both Grade 2 stakes, over Belmont’s main track.

Come Dancing was made the 124-pound highweight for the Vagrancy. Others pointing to the race include Royal Charlotte (122 pounds), Chalon (121), Mother Mother (120), Pacific Gale (118), Victim of Love (118), A Bit of Both (117), and possibly Unique Factor (117).