Constitution on comeback trail
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Constitution, the undefeated Florida Derby winner who was sidelined by a shin injury, breezed a quarter-mile Wednesday at WinStar Farm as he attempts to make it back to the races later this year.
Elliott Walden, president and chief executive of WinStar Farm, which owns Constitution, said the horse would remain at WinStar for three or four more weeks before shipping to trainer Todd Pletcher’s Saratoga stable. Walden said he hoped Constitution could be ready to make it back to the races by “late September or early October.”
Walden said Commissioner, the narrow loser of the Belmont Stakes, went under tack Wednesday and could return to the track to begin jogging Monday. Commissioner had a chip removed from an ankle after the Belmont.
Walden said Revolutionary, the Pimlico Special winner, breezed three furlongs at WinStar on Wednesday and is scheduled to ship to Pletcher on Aug. 1, with the idea of making the Grade 1 Woodward on Aug. 31.