Multiple options for Weekend Hideaway for end-of-month start

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Multiple-stakes-winning New York-bred sprinter Weekend Hideaway worked a half-mile in 48.58 seconds Thursday morning at Belmont Park toward a start at the end of the month.

Trainer Phil Serpe has plenty of options for Weekend Hideaway, including the Grade 3, $200,000 Fall Highweight at Aqueduct on Nov. 24, the $200,000 Fabulous Strike Handicap at Penn National on Nov. 23, or the $200,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash at Laurel on Nov. 19.

Weekend Hideaway, a seven-time stakes winner, is coming off a half-length loss to Breakin the Fever as an odds-on favorite in the Hudson Handicap at Belmont on Oct. 22.

He has not raced at Aqueduct since 2014, when he finished sixth in the Fall Highweight.

Serpe said he would likely enter Weekend Hideaway in both the Fabulous Strike and Fall Highweight and see what those fields look like before making a final determination.

As for the work, it was Weekend Hideaway’s first move since the Hudson, Serpe said.“He usually always works great,” Serpe said. “He was going easy. He’ll have something a little more serious further down the road.”