Jensen going for the money

NEW ORLEANS – Trainer Larry Jones will be running the 3-year-old colt Jensen in the Grade 3 Spiral Stakes on April 2 at Turfway Park, but he did not nominate him to the Triple Crown at the second deadline Monday.

“I think we have a decent horse,’’ Jones said. “I don’t want to get caught up in it. We can dodge the heavy heads and run for a lot of money in Grade 2s and Grade 3s and take them on at the end of the year.’’

Jensen won a maiden race and a first-level allowance race at this meet.

◗ A second-level allowance/optional-claiming turf sprint at about 5 1/2 furlongs for 4-year-olds and up is the featured race Sunday on a 14-race card that starts at 12:30 p.m. Central. Whiskey Bravo, who won at this level and distance when running for the $40,000 optional claiming price in his last two starts, is entered under the allowance conditions for his first start since being claimed by trainer Brad Cox.