Flightline resumes training; Met Mile still on calendar

ARCADIA, Calif. – Flightline, the undefeated 4-year-old colt, has resumed training at Santa Anita after he was briefly sidelined with a strained hock in February.

Flightline was jogged early Sunday for the second consecutive day, and will resume workouts in April, trainer John Sadler said. The Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap at a mile at Belmont Park on June 11 remains a late spring goal.

For now, Flightline will be eased back into action.

“He’ll jog at least a week,” Sadler said. “It’s routine. It’s the mundane part of getting back to where you were.”

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Flightline is unbeaten, and untested, in three starts, including a win by 11 1/2 lengths in the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes at seven furlongs at Santa Anita on Dec. 26.

Flightline had two workouts in late January and early February before he was taken out of training.