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Sweet Reason starts on road back to races

David Grening|Jan 22, 2015

Sweet Reason finishes eighth in the BC Filly and Mare Sprint

Nikki Sherman Sweet Reason is unlikely to run before the Belmont spring meet.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Sweet Reason, the multiple Grade 1-winning filly who was an Eclipse Award finalist in two categories, recently rejoined trainer Leah Gyarmati’s Belmont Park stable and has begun training toward her 4-year-old debut.

Sweet Reason was sent to a New Jersey farm following her eighth-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Santa Anita in November.

Gyarmati said Sweet Reason had her first day of galloping Wednesday and is likely several weeks away from a breeze.

Gyarmati said she doesn’t plan to run Sweet Reason until the Belmont spring meet “unless she pops up and gets ready really quick.”

Sweet Reason won the Grade 1 Acorn on Belmont Stakes Day last year. She could be under consideration for the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps on Belmont Day this year.

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