Ness pondering races for Law School's 3-year-old debut
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Consistently poor weather has impacted Law School’s training regimen at Parx Racing, but trainer Jamie Ness remains confident that the 3-year-old filly can make some noise in New York or Maryland in the near future.
“We really think a lot of her,” Ness said this week. “She's a young filly getting better. Once we stretched her out, she just turned the corner, which I knew she would. I think we haven't seen the best of her yet.”
After a dominant 14 1/4-length allowance score on Dec. 7, Law School returned three weeks later and romped home by seven lengths in the $75,000 Parx Future Stars filly division. Ness said he intended to keep her going at Aqueduct or Laurel for her 3-year-old debut.
His original plan was to enter her in the $135,000 Ruthless in New York on Jan. 31, but weather-related interruptions in training at Parx have made it difficult to adequately prepare her. As a backup option, she was nominated for the $100,000 Xtra Heat at Laurel on the same day, but she may skip a start in January altogether.
“We were working to it, but we've missed a little bit of training with the weather,” Ness said. “If not, we'll make the next one.”
If she doesn’t run in January, Ness said he will still consider the $200,000 Busher, a one-mile race at Aqueduct on Feb. 28. She would also be a serious contender in the $100,000 Wide Country at Laurel on Feb. 21, which could prove more forgiving at seven furlongs.
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