Del Mar
Pacific Classic or Forego for Fed Biz
Benoit & Associates Fed Biz will probably turn back to the seven-furlong distance of the Grade 1 Forego at Saratoga form the 1 1/16 miles of this win in the San Diego at Del Mar.
DEL MAR, Calif. – Minutes after Game On Dude worked seven furlongs for the Pacific Classic, trainer Bob Baffert sent out Fed Biz for a six-furlong work, in company, that received an official time of 1:11.60.
“That was a good work. He needed that,” Baffert said.
Fed Biz won the San Diego Handicap at 1 1/16 miles here last month. Baffert is trying to decide whether to stretch him out to 1 1/4 miles for the Pacific Classic or turn him back to seven furlongs for the Forego on Aug. 30 at Saratoga. Both are Grade 1 races.
Fed Biz has raced 16 times but never beyond 1 1/8 miles. The Forego remains the more likely option.