I Got Id set to fire in return
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – I Got Id could bring a lot of pleasure to his backers if he’s able to return from a layoff and win Wednesday’s featured second-level New York-bred allowance race at Aqueduct – especially if he goes off at the 6-1 odds he is listed at on the morning line.
The $56,000 race, which also carries an optional claiming tag of $40,000, is scheduled for 1 1/16 miles on turf. Fourteen were entered for the grass, but only 12 will be permitted to run. Two more horses were entered for the main track, but no rain is forecast in the area this week.
I Got Id, a 3-year-old son of Freud, has only four starts under his belt. He won first time out in September 2013, finished second in a stakes, and after a seven-month layoff won a first-level allowance race over Belmont’s inner turf course May 4. He has not run since finishing fourth at this condition June 28 at Belmont.
DRF FORMULATOR FACT: No. 11 I Got Id. Trainer Carlos Martin is 20-6-1-4 with a $2.68 ROI over the past five years in turf routes following a layoff of between 61 and 180 days. Click for more details. – Mike Hogan
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Trainer Carlos Martin had planned to run the horse at Saratoga, but I Got Id developed inflammation in a front ankle and spent two months on the farm.
“He’s a huge horse,” Martin said. “He’s had a few minor issues here and there. He’s coming back well. I expect him to run a good race. He’s always shown some talent.”
Though there is a large field, the race appears to lack pace. I Got Id went gate to wire in his May 4 win at Belmont.
The competition figures to come from the veteran Compliance Officer, Blue Pigeon, Hidden Vow, and the perennial bridesmaid Sneaky Kitten.
DRF FORMULATOR FACT: No. 5 Compliance Officer. Trainer Bruce Brown is 26-0-2-1 over the past five years in turf routes with Cornelio Velasquez aboard. Click for more details. – Mike Hogan
Key contenders
I Got Id (Last 3 Beyers: 82-79-67)
◗ He makes his first start off a 137-day layoff but did win first out and also off a 192-day layoff.
“With turf horses, you don’t need to overtrain them as much,” Martin said. “He’s had two strong two-minute licks; he’s had three or four good works. He should be fine.”
◗ He looms as the lone speed on paper under Angel Arroyo.
DRF FORMULATOR FACT: Martin is just 1 for 11 on this circuit the last three years with turf horses coming back off a layoff of 61 to 180 days.
Compliance Officer (Last 3 Beyers: 86-85-80)
◗ Well past his prime, this 8-year-old stakes-winning gelding is being offered for $40,000.
◗ He is 2 for 13 the last two years, and one of those wins came at Aqueduct last December when offered for a $62,500 claiming price.
Blue Pigeon (Last 3 Beyers: 82-75-78)
◗ After losing five times as the favorite, he broke through with a first-level allowance win at 3-1 last out going a mile at Belmont.
◗ In his lone try at Aqueduct, Blue Pigeon was beaten a neck by So Lonesome in the Virgo Libra Stakes last November.