ELMONT, N.Y. - For now, Casa Creed has found a home sprinting on the turf. “We’ve seen him going beyond a mile and he doesn’t want it,” trainer Bill Mott said after Casa Creed roared home at Belmont Park on Saturday to capture the Grade 1, $400,000 Jaipur Invitational at six furlongs over the Widener Turf course. “We’ve seen him going a flat mile and he’s run some very good races, but after we got touched off in a stakes at Gulfstream [Grade 3 Tropical Turf on Jan. 9], I put my eyes on the seven-eighth race, Mott said.” That seven-furlong race, the $100,000 Elusive Quality at Belmont on April 24, resulted in Casa Creed’s first victory since the Grade 2 National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame at Saratoga in 2019. “He ran so well,” Mott remarked about the Elusive Quality. “Timing-wise, the Jaipur was kind of a natural progression.” :: Access exclusive morning workout reports and get an edge on Belmont Stakes Day with DRF Clocker Reports  Owned by Lee Einsidler’s LRE Racing and longtime sports talk radio host Mike Francesa’s JEH Racing, Casa Creed settled towards the back of the pack in the Jaipur as even-money favorite Bound for Nowhere and 5-1 second choice Gregorian Chant sparred through quick fractions of 22.06 and 44.65 seconds. Bound for Nowhere shook clear of his pace foe turning into the stretch, but Casa Creed and stablemate Chewing Gum were in full flight outside. Casa Creed got home first by two lengths over Chewing Gum – also trained by Mott - with Bound for Nowhere another three-quarters of a length back in third. They were followed by Stubbins, Got Stormy, Fast Boat, Gregorian Chant, Greyes Creek, and Sombeyay. Casa Creed polished off the distance in 1:08.04 over “good” turf. He paid $23.60 to win as the 10-1 sixth choice in the nine-horse field. The 105 Beyer Speed Figure he earned was by far a career best. “I missed a little bit of the break,” ebullient winning jockey Junior Alvarado said after planting a big smooch on Casa Creed’s cheek in the winner’s circle. “I got worried right away because the last thing you want to do in sprinting races is to break slow. “After a half-mile, my horse was still picking it up little by little. I hoped they would come back to me but as soon as I turned for home and put him in the clear, he pulled the reins out of my hands. That’s a rare feeling when you know they’re going to be in trouble now.” Chewing Game “ran a winning race, too,” Mott said. “If you look at his form, he likes the shorter races himself.” “The owner and Bill told me he’d rather be outside in the stretch and I had a beautiful trip following Casa Creed,” said Chewing Gum’s jockey, Jose Ortiz. “We had a good trip, both of us, a little wide but clean. They went fast enough and we were able to close.” Bound for Nowhere was the only part of the pace that was still swinging at the finish. “He did try hard,” said jockey Joel Rosario. “He broke sharp and I thought for a second we were going to get there.” The Jaipur is a Win and You’re In for the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint this fall at Del Mar. That race is at five furlongs, however, and Mott was noncommittal about that shorter distance for Casa Creed. “ “That’s a different ballgame, altogether,” said Mott. “We’ll talk about it, but it looks like, the way he came running, six is certainly okay for him.”