Pure Sensation likely to train up to Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint

ELMONT, N.Y. – Pure Sensation, who won Monday’s Grade 3, $300,000 Turf Monster at Parx, most likely will train up to the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint on Nov. 4 at Del Mar, trainer Christophe Clement said Wednesday.

“That would be the plan today,” Clement said, noting that he would discuss it with owners Frank and Patricia Generazio again.

Last year, Pure Sensation finished third in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint after winning the inaugural Belmont Turf Sprint Invitational in early October. That win came off a two-month layoff. Pure Sensation would have two months to the Breeders’ Cup if he doesn’t run again this fall.

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Pure Sensation is only 2 for 5 this year, but Clement believes circumstances have cost him some victories. Before he and jockey Kendrick Carmouche won the Turf Monster, Pure Sensation finished sixth in the Troy at Saratoga. He started his season with fourth-place finishes in the Twin Spires Turf Sprint at Churchill in May and the Jaipur at Belmont Park in June.

“When he got beat at Churchill, it was soft turf – he hates soft,” Clement said. “He got beat in the Jaipur, there was a little bit of a speed duel, and the same happened in Saratoga. He had the most beautiful ride from Carmouche on Monday, stalking on the rail, saving ground, and he won.”