Heart to Heart tops Fort Lauderdale; Skip Away canceled

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Heart to Heart will attempt to make amends for the only blemish on his local record when he tops Saturday’s Grade 2 Fort Lauderdale. Heart to Heart has won four of his five starts over the Gulfstream Park turf course, with his lone setback here a fourth-place finish in the 2017 Fort Lauderdale. Heart to Heart will be making his first start since a 10th-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Mile.

Among the opposition to Heart to Heart is All Included, winner of the Grade 3 Appleton here last spring; Shakhimat, who upset the Grade 3 Tropical Turf in his local bow a month ago; the speedy graded stakes winner Shining Copper; One Go All Go; and Summer Causeway.

Also carded for Saturday is the Grade 3 Marshua's River, but the Grade 3 Skip Away has been canceled due to lack of entries and will not be brought back, according to the racing office.

The Skip Away, to be run at 1 1/8 miles, attracted just 11 nominations, among them Fear the Cowboy and Giuseppe the Great, both considered candidates for the Pegasus World Cup two weeks later. Also on that short list of nominees was Leavem in Malibu, who was euthanized earlier in the week.

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