CYPRESS, Calif. - Gimme Da Lute has emerged as a promising late season 3-year-old in the last month, with wins in the Grade 3 Affirmed Stakes at Santa Anita on June 7 and Saturday’s $350,000 Los Alamitos Derby. He may get the biggest test of his career next month. Sunday, trainer Bob Baffert said one idea for Gimme Da Lute is the $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park on Aug. 2. Baffert also has Triple Crown winner American Pharoah pointed for the same race. “That’s an option,” Baffert said. “He could be a back-up for Pharoah.” Baffert stopped short of committing Gimme Da Lute to the Haskell, which is run at 1 1/8 miles for 3-year-olds. He said another race to consider is the $200,000 Real Good Deal Stakes for California-bred 3-year-olds at seven furlongs at Del Mar on Aug. 2. Gimme Da Lute would be a heavy favorite in that race. Gimme Da Lute has improved in recent months. Owned by breeders Mike Peg ram, Karl Watson, and Paul Weitman, Gimme Da Lute has won 4 of 7 starts and $457,560. In the Los Alamitos Derby at 1 1/8 miles, Gimme Da Lute stalked pacesetter Kentuckian to the final turn and held off a late threat from Prospect Park to win by a nose. Prospect Park’s loss has not stopped trainer Clifford Sise from setting ambitious goals for late summer. Sunday morning, Sise said that Prospect Park will be considered for the $1 million Pacific Classic against older horses at Del Mar on Aug. 22. “The older horses we have here now are very moderate,” Sise said of the Southern California circuit. “I’m thinking of the Pacific Classic.” Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said on Sunday that he is still assessing the loss of 2-5 favorite Kentuckian, who faded to finish third in the field of five. “It’s kind of a puzzle,” Hollendorfer said. “I guess he had a flat day. We think we have a good horse. I’m not going to give up on him. We’ll wait and see how he progresses after this race and go from there.” Kentuckian made his first start around two turns in the Grade 2 Los Alamitos Derby. After setting the pace, Kentuckian was challenged by Gimme Da Lute on the second turn and faded, losing by 7 3/4 lengths. Gimme Da Lute was fully extended to hold off Prospect Park. Gimme Da Lute and Prospect Park were separated by a half-length in their first meeting, in the Affirmed Stakes. Prospect Park has yet to win a stakes in his nine-race career for owners and breeders Pam and Marty Wygod. The loss was frustrating to Sise, who watched the colt lug to the inside in the final furlong. “I think he could have tried a little harder,” Sise said. “He was lugging in and lugging out. I might put the blinkers back on.” Prospect Park wore blinkers in his second and third starts, both maiden races last October, in which he finished second and third. While the Pacific Classic was mentioned as a primary goal, there is a chance Prospect Park could stay with 3-year-olds for the $150,000 La Jolla Handicap at 1 1/16 miles on turf on Aug. 9.  Without a definitive leader in the older horse division, the Pacific Classic purse and its distance of 1 1/4 miles has appeal, Sise said. “I think he’ll do better at 1 1/4 miles,” Sise said.