It's on to Champions Day for Monte Man
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Monte Man won his seventh straight race when he captured the $50,000 Heitai Stakes at Fair Grounds on Saturday. It looked like a perfect prep for the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Sprint on Dec. 8, and trainer Ron Faucheux saw it that way, too.
“He’s good and happy today,” Faucheux said Tuesday. “He’s very fresh coming out of the race. It worked out perfect.”
Monte Man, racing for the first time since early August and the second time since May, eased to the front from his rail draw and scored a comfortable 2 ¾-length win. He got an 88 Beyer Speed Figure, just off his career-best of 89. Don’t be surprised if Monte Man doesn’t work before the Champions Day Sprint.
“A lot of jogging and galloping,” Faucheux said. “I’m not going to do too much with him, for sure.”
While Monte Man should have room to come forward next month, one wonders if that will be the case with Ours to Run, who won the $50,000 Happy Ticket for Louisiana-bred female sprinters Sunday with a standout performance. Ours to Run blasted home an 8 ¾-length winner and got a career-best 89 Beyer.
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