Listing, Comical headed back to California

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Listing and Comical, the two Southern California invaders who won opening-day stakes at Saratoga, are scheduled to ship back to California on Wednesday and could make their next start at Del Mar.

Listing, who won the Grade 3 Quick Call Stakes by a half-length over Elektronic, could run next in the Grade 3, $100,000 Green Flash at Del Mar on Aug. 17, said owner Paul Reddam.

“He’s definitely coming back,” Reddam said. “As far as his schedule goes, everybody dreams about the Breeders’ Cup so we’ll dream about it.”

Listing has won two straight races, including the Desert Code at Santa Anita before the Quick Call.

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Reddam said that Ben Cecil, the trainer of Listing, is out of the country with family, and that he would talk with him when he returns to finalize a path to the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Santa Anita.

Listing is expected to return on the same flight as Comical, who won Thursday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Schuylerville Stakes by a neck over Kiss the Girl.

Comical, trained by Doug O’Neill for owners Erik Johnson, Sol Kumin, Gary Barber, and Dave Kenney, could target the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante on Aug. 31, Johnson said in the winner’s circle Thursday.