Despite missing Best Pal, Schrodinger should be able to make Del Mar Futurity

DEL MAR, Calif. – Schrodinger, scratched from the Best Pal as the morning-line favorite on Saturday, seems to be rebounding from his brief high temperature and should be on course for the Grade 1, $300,000 Del Mar Futurity on closing day Sept. 2, according to trainer Simon Callaghan.

“With these things, I’ve found you should be all right in four or five days if you don’t stress the horse,” Callaghan said. “We’ll monitor his temperature, and if his energy is good, he should go back to training this week and we should be in a good spot. I’m pretty confident we can make the Futurity.”

The Best Pal was won by Collusion Illusion, who was part of a banner weekend for trainer Mark Glatt, who also won the Longacres Mile on Sunday with Law Abidin Citizen.

Glatt said after the Best Pal that he’d wait to decide regarding the Futurity, which comes up 23 days after the Best Pal. If he runs, it would be the third start of the meet for Collusion Illusion, who won on debut July 21 against maidens.

The Futurity likely picked up a potential contender on Saturday when Storm the Court won a maiden race under Flavien Prat in his first start.

“I was proud of him,” trainer Peter Eurton said. “They took three runs at him and he wouldn’t let them by. He’s 16-1 [hands], but he’s lean. He’s got a great mind, too. A great attitude.”

Eurton said Storm the Court would run in the Futurity “if he does everything right” over the next three weeks.

Storm the Court, by Court Vision, was a $60,000 buy at OBS in April. Eurton thinks he’ll be even better going longer.

“I would think so. Flavien says he wants to go further, especially if you can use his speed as a weapon,” Eurton said.