Sir Winston rerouted to Friday allowance

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Trainer Mark Casse has laid out a new plan for Sir Winston that he hopes can get the 2019 Belmont Stakes winner to Dubai in March.

After scratching Sir Winston from last Saturday’s Jazil Stakes due to the sloppy track, Casse re-entered Sir Winston in a third-level allowance race going a one-turn mile on Friday at Aqueduct. Casse is hoping to use that and then the Bernardini Stakes going 1 5/16-miles at Aqueduct on Feb. 29 as a way to get to the Dubai World Cup on March 28.

“It isn’t ideal, I just want him to have a positive race,” Casse said of Friday’s allowance. “Hopefully, he comes running and that would set him up for the [Bernardini].”

Casse does have another horse entered in Friday’s race, Brass Compass, who could assist in the pace department. Small Bear and Roaming Union, both scratched from the Jazil, and Leitone, fourth in the Jazil, are also in this field.