Proctor's Ledge has solid workout in prep for Lake Placid

Who would best know how to assess the 48.40-second half-mile breeze turned in by Proctor’s Ledge inside the dogs over the Oklahoma turf course at Saratoga on Friday: the man who trains the recent Grade 3 winner or the exercise rider who was on her back for the drill?

Well, in this case, they are the same. Trainer Brendan Walsh was aboard Proctor’s Ledge for the bullet work that he described as little more than a “maintenance trip” just two weeks removed from her come-from-behind, 1 3/4-length victory in the Lake George Stakes on July 21.

“She was just galloping out there today,” Walsh said. “I got on her this morning because I’m here today and I won’t be next week when she breezes again, and I like to get a feel for her myself when I can. And she felt great.”

Walsh said the Grade 3 Lake Placid on Aug. 19 likely is next for Proctor’s Ledge, a homebred daughter of Ghostzapper owned by Patricia Moseley.

“She has a liking for the course, and it’s just the natural thing to do, to bring her back here in the next one,” Walsh said.

Mind Your Biscuits targets Forego

Trainer Chad Summers said the seven-furlong Forego on Aug. 26 is now almost certain to be next for his multiple Grade 1 winner Mind Your Biscuits, who breezed an easy half-mile in 49.26 with jockey Joel Rosario aboard over the main track Thursday.

Summers had also been considering shipping Mind Your Biscuits to Del Mar to give him a race over that track in the Grade 1 Pat O’Brien on Aug. 26. Del Mar is the site of this fall’s major objective for Mind Your Biscuits, the Breeders’ Cup Sprint.

Summers said Mind Your Biscuits would have his “key work” for the Forego here next week.