Summer Revolution nearing 2017 debut for Rodriguez

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Summer Revolution was a hot topic in the 3-year-old division here last summer for trainer Rudy Rodriguez after launching his career with a pair of impressive victories, including a three-length entry-level allowance tally for which he received a 105 Beyer Speed Figure.

But Summer Revolution has not won in four subsequent starts, including a fourth-place finish in the King’s Bishop and a ninth-place effort in the Pennsylvania Derby last year. Summer Revolution has not started since December, but Rodriguez is getting him cranked up for what he hopes will be a triumphant return in the weeks ahead.

“He’s coming along really well, but we’re not going to rush him back,” said Rodriguez. “I might start looking for something for him like a non-winners-of-two-other-than allowance race in the next book. We probably pushed him a little more than we were supposed to last year, and he just got a little sour, so we backed off on him. But talent-wise, I haven’t seen anything that tells us anything different about what we saw from him here as a 3-year-old.”