Social Paranoia eyes Fourstardave

ELMONT, N.Y. – Social Paranoia, winner of Saturday’s Grade 3 Poker Stakes at Belmont, will most likely make his next start in the Grade 1, $400,000 Fourstardave Handicap on Aug. 22 at Saratoga, trainer Todd Pletcher said Sunday morning.

Though he was talented enough to finish second in the Grade 1 Belmont Derby at 1 1/4 miles last year, Social Paranoia seems to have found his niche as a come-from-behind miler. He won the Grade 3 Appleton at Gulfstream from last and was last on the far turn behind a slow pace in the Poker.

“He seems to appreciate settling and making one run,” Pletcher said. “I was a little concerned he was perhaps a little further back than I was thinking would be okay, considering the soft fractions, but it worked out.”

Social Paranoia, a son of Street Boss owned by Stuart Grant’s The Elkstone Group, earned a 100 Beyer Speed Figure for the Poker, equaling the number he earned for winning the Appleton.

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