Law Professor sets sights on Oaklawn stakes

OZONE PARK, N.Y. -- Law Professor, dominant winner of the Queens County Stakes at Aqueduct on Jan. 7, will be considered for a start in the Grade 3, $600,000 Razorback Handicap at Oaklawn Park on Feb. 18, trainer Rob Atras said Thursday.

“It’s still a ways away, but that’s the race we’ll look at first,” Atras said. “We’ll see how he trains the next two weeks.”

Law Professor this week was officially removed from consideration for the Grade 1, $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational on Jan. 28 at Gulfstream Park. He was considered the first alternate for that race, which is limited to 12 starters. Atras said Law Professor would likely benefit from having more time between starts. Had he run in the Pegasus, it would have meant coming back three weeks after a career-best effort against “a salty group of horses,” Atras said. “We’ll give him a little more time. It’s still early in the year.”

Atras said should Law Professor run and run well in the Razorback that could lead to future starts in either the Grade 3, $500,000 Essex on March 18 and/or the Grade 2, $1 million Oaklawn Handicap on April 22.

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Law Professor, a 5-year-old gelding by Constitution owned by Twin Creeks Racing, won the Queens County by 7 1/2 lengths and earned a career-best 98 Beyer Speed Figure. Prior to that, he finished fifth in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile and was second to Life Is Good in the Grade 1 Woodward.

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