Telekinesis will cut back for H. Allen Jerkens Stakes

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Wonder Gadot won’t be the only 3-year-old trainer Mark Casse will be running at Saratoga on Travers Day.

Casse plans to cut Telekinesis back in distance and try him in the Grade 1, $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens Stakes at seven furlongs. Telekinesis, a son of Ghostzapper, finished fifth to Wonder Gadot in the Queen’s Plate after winning the Plate Trial going 1 1/8 miles over Woodbine’s synthetic surface.

“In the Queen’s Plate he got involved in a heated duel,” Casse said. “I’m not sure he cared that much for the synthetic. He’s a better miler, seven-eighths. That horse has so much talent.”

Telekinesis worked a half-mile in 50.73 seconds Friday morning over Saratoga’s main track.

The Jerkens figures to attract Engage, Firenze Fire, Givemeaminit, Promises Fulfilled, and Seven Trumpets.

Engage, runner-up to Promises Fulfilled in the Grade 2 Amsterdam Stakes, worked four furlongs in 48.50 seconds Friday morning over the main track in company with the filly Alter Moon.

Trainer Todd Pletcher said there is a chance Gidu could make his dirt debut in the Jerkens. On Friday, he worked a half-mile in 50.91 seconds over the Oklahoma training track.

“At some point we’re going to experiment on the dirt, and if we’re going to do it we might do it in a meaningful race,” Pletcher said.