Gunnevera returns to work, points to Jim Dandy
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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Gunnevera, who was given a brief freshening after finishing seventh in the Kentucky Derby and fifth in the Preakness, has begun preparing for what trainer Antonio Sano hopes will be an even more fruitful second half of his 3-year-old campaign.
Gunnevera, whose three graded-stakes wins include a runaway victory in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth here on March 4, breezed an easy half-mile on Saturday in 49.40 seconds at Gulfstream Park West. He barely got out of an open gallop while covering the same distance in 51 and change the previous week.
“Very easy, very easy,” Sano said of Gunnevera’s latest work. “Next time, he’ll go four furlongs again.”
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Sano said he gave Gunnevera a bit of a break after the horse bled in the Preakness.
“He’s doing very well, and right now, the goal is the race at Saratoga on July 30, the Jim Dandy,” Sano said Sunday. “It’s not definite, but that’s most likely next. The main race I have picked out for him this summer is the Travers.”
Gunnevera first gained national attention last summer after shipping to Saratoga to upset the Grade 2 Saratoga Special.
