Untapable will skip Acorn in favor of Mother Goose

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Kentucky Oaks winner Untapable will not race in the Acorn Stakes on the huge Belmont Stakes undercard June 7 and will wait instead for the next Grade 1 race at Belmont Park in the 3-year-old filly division, the Mother Goose Stakes on June 28, trainer Steve Asmussen confirmed Friday.

Untapable, the clear-cut leader of the division, is scheduled to breeze Monday at Churchill Downs, marking her first work since her 4 1/2-length triumph in the Oaks on May 2. Asmussen said he is looking to take his time with the Tapit filly, who has been galloping on a regular basis at Churchill.

The $750,000 Acorn is part of an incredible Belmont undercard that will include nine graded races, six of them Grade 1 events. The Acorn goes at one mile, while the $300,000 Mother Goose is run at 1 1/16 miles. Both are one-turn races.

Among those likely for the Acorn are the second- and third-place Oaks finishers, My Miss Sophia and Unbridled Forever, as well as Fiftyshadesofgold, the winner of the Eight Belles Stakes on the Oaks undercard.

Bred and owned by Winchell Thoroughbreds, Untapable was an even-money favorite in the Oaks on the strength of romping victories in the Rachel Alexandra Stakes and Fair Grounds Oaks in New Orleans this winter.