December Seven targets Mineshaft

NEW ORLEANS – After toying with the idea of running their promising 4-year-old December Seven on Saturday in the Louisiana Stakes, owner Samantha Siegel and trainer Paul McGee decided not to enter the colt and will wait for the Grade 3 Mineshaft here Feb. 25.

December Seven has won 3 of 5 starts, is 3 for 4 in two-turn races, has won consecutive allowances-race starts in blowout fashion, and cruised to a four-length win in his most recent start Dec. 29 at Fair Grounds.

“He’s run once a month for five months,” McGee said. “I got with Samantha, and she said, ‘Let’s just wait on the next one.’ It’s hard to dance every dance.”