Come Dancing works toward Interborough

Among the 161 horses to work Wednesday morning at Belmont was Come Dancing, a 4-year-old filly who returned from a 13-month layoff to win an allowance on Dec. 14 by 6 1/2 lengths. Come Dancing worked a half-mile in 50.36 seconds.

Come Dancing was on the track around 8:30 a.m., but the workout was pushed back until after 9 a.m. when the outriders alerted horsemen of a problem spot at the three-furlong pole of the training track. The scheduled 9 a.m. renovation break was moved up by 30 minutes for the maintenance staff to work on the area.

Trainer Carlos Martin then had the work begin at the quarter pole and end at the six-furlong marker. The first three furlongs of the work went in 36.47 seconds before the exercise rider pulled the filly up a few strides before the six-furlong pole.

Martin said he was happy enough with the work, and it keeps Come Dancing on track for the $100,000 Interborough Stakes on Jan. 15. The Interborough will be run at seven furlongs this year after historically having been run at six furlongs when carded over the now-defunct inner track.

“It worked out fine,” Martin said.