Green Gratto vs. All Star Red again in Tom Fool
RACE REPLAY IS NOT AVAILABLE
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Green Gratto beat All Star Red by a head in the Grade 3 Toboggan Stakes on Jan. 16. Those two will get a rematch in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Tom Fool Handicap at Aqueduct.
Green Gratto, a 7-year-old New Jersey-bred son of Here’s Zealous, will be making his 52nd career start in the Tom Fool, a race in which he finished third in 2015. He won the Toboggan on the lead under Kendrick Carmouche. All Star Red, a 5-year-old Kentucky-bred son of Five Star Day, has not won since taking a second-level allowance last April over Aqueduct’s main track.
Green Gratto, at 119 pounds, could be the highweight in the field, which is expected to include Chief Lion (118), King Kranz (116), Life in Shambles (116), Sassicaia (116), Spartiatis (115), and Sir Rockport (114).
Stallwalkin’ Dude is the assigned highweight at 122 pounds. He is expected to run in the Golden Shaheen in Dubai on March 25, but a few weeks ago, trainer David Jacobson didn’t totally discount using the Tom Fool as a prep.
