General Jack points to Secretariat Stakes

The Centaur at Indiana Grand has produced a candidate for the Secretariat, with the victorious General Jack pointed toward the $500,000, 3-year-old race here, according to trainer Mike Maker.

General Jack, winning his third race and his second in a row, won the one-mile Centaur by three lengths, and his time of 1:37.13 on firm turf produced a 92 Beyer.

“We’re going to point to the Secretariat with him,” Maker told Arlington publicity. “He just keeps improving off each race.”

General Jack won the $100,000 Shakopee Juvenile on grass last year at 2 but had lost four in a row before he captured a first-level allowance race in June at Churchill before his Centaur win.

Maker won the 2013 Secretariat with Admiral Kitten.

Turf sprint caps Sunday card

The Sunday feature is the nightcap on a nine-race card, a second-level turf-sprint allowance race for fillies and mares that’s also open to $40,000 claimers.

Kip Berries, returning at age 8 after a layoff of about 11 months, has turned in two distinctly subpar performances on Polytrack at this meet, but she returns to grass, figures to slip loose on the lead, and could offer playable odds Sunday with bettors focused on the pair of ugly recent running lines.

Ms Hoochie Coochie is a rare winner but would offer value at her 8-1 morning-line odds. She was rained off grass in her last two starts, and her turf-sprint performances at this class level during the Fair Grounds meet were good enough to contend in this spot.