Troy Stakes at Saratoga next for Will Call

Owner Richard Klein said the $200,000 Troy Stakes, to be run Aug. 5 at 5 1/2 furlongs on the Saratoga turf, is the likely next start for Will Call, who was up in the final jump to win a $62,916 allowance Thursday over the Churchill turf.

Ridden by Shaun Bridgmohan, Will Call nipped Angaston in his first appearance since he won the Grade 3 Twin Spires Turf Sprint on the May 4 Kentucky Oaks undercard. The 4-year-old homebred colt is trained by Brad Cox.

“That was a salty group we beat,” Klein said.

McCraken in another work

With the Grade 3, $300,000 Cornhusker next on his schedule, McCraken was out for another serious breeze at Churchill, going five furlongs Tuesday in 1:01.20 for trainer Ian Wilkes. The 4-year-old is scheduled to have a final pre-race breeze before being sent to Prairie Meadows in Iowa for the Cornhusker on Friday night.

McCraken, stretching out off a sixth-place finish in the June 9 Metropolitan Mile, figures to be a solid favorite in the 1 1/8-mile Cornhusker.