OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Following a respectable, but ultimately unsuccessful, run in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth, the obligatory two-turn try for a 3-year-old with talent and owners with Kentucky Derby dreams, Solitude Dude is back to what he does best – sprinting – in Saturday’s $150,000 Bay Shore Stakes at Aqueduct. The speedy Solitude Dude is undefeated in races contested around one turn, winning stakes at Tampa and Gulfstream Park. He is likely an odds-on choice in the seven-furlong Bay Shore, which drew only five horses and goes as race 4 on Saturday’s nine-race program. Of his first three starts, Solitude Dude was most impressive winning the Swale Stakes on Jan. 31 at Gulfstream Park. He defeated Class President by 3 3/4 lengths, and that horse came back to win the Grade 2 Rebel before being declared off the Triple Crown trail with bone bruising. Solitude Dude, a son of Yaupon trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., made his two-turn debut in the Fountain of Youth at 1 1/16 miles where he stalked the early pace, had the lead at the eighth pole, but couldn’t see it out, finishing third behind Commandment and Chief Wallabee. Those two horses came back to run one-three in the Florida Derby and are both considered legitimate Kentucky Derby contenders. :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. Despite a stellar record, Solitude Dude will have a new rider on him for the fifth consecutive race as Javier Castellano rides him from the rail Saturday. The two horses with the best chance to upset him are Igniter and Fulmine. Igniter, trained by Rick Dutrow, is 3 for 4 in one-turn races and comes off a one-length victory over Time to Roll – also in this field – in the six-furlong Jimmy Winkfield on March 14. “He is on it, he’s a happy horse, he seems like he’s headed in the right direction each and every race except for the two-turn,” Remsen, said Dutrow, acknowledging Igniter’s sixth in the Remsen at 1 1/8 miles. “Maybe he’s not a two-turn horse, I still don’t know, but I’m not willing to try it [again] with these other races right in front of him.” Manny Franco, aboard Igniter for all five of his previous starts, is back on again. Fulmine, who won the six-furlong Hutcheson Stakes on March 14 at Gulfstream when in the barn of Kent Sweezey, has a new trainer in Norm Casse. Fulmine, a son of Spun to Run, was bought privately by A J Suited Racing Stable and Frank Turman after he failed to reach his reserve at a recent digital sale, according to Casse. Casse said Fulmine’s most recent workout at Churchill Downs convinced him to run in this race though he’s not sure how he’ll handle the seven furlongs. All four of Fulmine’s victories have come at six furlongs, and his worst dirt race came going a one-turn mile. “I haven’t been around the horse that long to get a big gauge on him,” Casse said. “He’s huge, he’s got a long stride. I think going forward we have to think about throwing out that one route attempt. I feel like the seven-eighths is a perfect starting point to try and sort that out.” Ricardo Santana Jr. rides from post 3. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.