Trombetta giving maiden winner Crossingthechannel a breather

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Trainer Mike Trombetta is not going to be in a hurry to find out just how good a horse he may have in the 3-year-old colt Crossingthechannel.

Crossingthechannel, a son of Omaha Beach, hung on to win a maiden race by a neck on Sunday. He earned an 85 Beyer Speed Figure, which was certainly respectable, especially when you consider he was running back three weeks after earning a 91 when finishing second to Iron Honor.

But with those two races in three weeks, as well as a race in November in which Crossingthechannel also finished second, Trombetta is going to exercise patience moving forward.

“We like that colt,” Trombetta said. “I’m not sure what kind of horse I have there until I see him going a little farther or maybe on the turf later on in the year.

“I’m glad he won, but I wasn’t entirely fair to him running him back in three weeks. He regressed a little bit in that race and [running back quickly] was the root cause of it. Two ships up to New York, that’s a lot. We’ll let some time go by before we run him back.”

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