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Fast maiden winner War Stopper works for Gotham

David Grening|Feb 26, 2020

War Stopper wins a Jan. 11 maiden race at Aqueduct

Adam Coglianese/NYRA War Stopper wins his 3-year-old debut Saturday at Aqueduct.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – War Stopper, a four-length maiden winner here on Jan. 11, worked a half-mile in 49.96 seconds Tuesday morning over the Belmont Park training track in preparation for a start in the Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham Stakes on March 7.

Trainer Rudy Rodriguez, aboard for the work, said he galloped out a strong quarter of a mile past the wire.

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“The horse is coming around good,” Rodriguez said. “I may blow him out an easy half-mile next week. He came out of this work good.”

War Stopper, a son of Declaration of War, began his career on turf with two disappointing results. He finished fifth in a dirt race on Dec. 7 from which five horses have come back to win their maidens.

War Stopper wore blinkers for the first time in his maiden victory, for which he earned a 93 Beyer Speed Figure.

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