Social Inclusion ships Tuesday for Haskell

Trainer Manny Azpurua said Social Inclusion would ship to Monmouth Park on Tuesday to compete in the Grade 1, $1 million Haskell Invitational on July 27.

Social Inclusion worked four furlongs in 45.65 seconds Wednesday at Gulfstream. The 85-year-old Azpurua said Social Inclusion came out of his work well. He also proclaimed that his speedy 3-year-old is over the gate issues that plagued him earlier this year in the Wood Memorial and Preakness and forced him to school extensively at the gate prior to his third-place finish in the Grade 2 Woody Stephens at Belmont.

“We’ve taken it easy with him since he returned from New York, and now the rider says he’s a different horse,” said Azpurua. “He’s a quieter horse, the horse he’s supposed to be.”

Azpurua said Social Inclusion would not return immediately to Gulfstream but will be shipped to Saratoga following his start in the Haskell.