Mr. Roary a candidate for Breeders' Cup Mile

ARCADIA, Calif. – Mr. Roary, who won his first graded stakes in the Grade 3 Eddie D Stakes on the hillside turf course at Santa Anita last Friday, is a candidate for the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Del Mar on Nov. 4, trainer George Papaprodromou said.

Owned by Rustin Kretz, Mr. Roary closed from well of the pace to win the $101,725 Eddie D Stakes. At the Del Mar summer meeting, Mr. Roary was third in the Grade 2 Eddie Read Stakes in July and last of 13 in the Grade 2 Del Mar Handicap Aug. 19.

“I don’t know what happened the last time,” Papaprodromou said of the Del Mar Handicap.

Papaprodromou said Mr. Roary is the sort of horse who needs to be actively ridden throughout a race.

“You need to keep him going,” Papaprodromou said. “He’s a little too smart.”