Whatmakessammyrun likely to step out of comfort zone and run in Oceanside

ARCADIA, Calif. – Whatmakessammyrun used a late-running style to comfortably win the Desert Code Stakes for 3-year-olds at six furlongs on turf at Santa Anita on Sunday. Whatmakessammyrun will start at longer distances at Del Mar before an expected return to a turf sprint at Kentucky Downs in September.

Trainer Mark Glatt said on Wednesday that Whatmakesammyrun is likely to start in the $100,000 Oceanside Stakes at a mile on turf for 3-year-olds at Del Mar on July 16, the track’s opening day.

The main goal is the Grade 2 Franklin-Simpson Stakes, a $600,000 race for 3-year-olds at 6 1/2 furlongs at Kentucky Downs on Sept. 11.

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“How we get to that race just right is yet to be determined,” Glatt said. “That’s right up his alley.”

In the Desert Code, Whatmakesammyrun closed from fifth in a field of six to take the lead in the final furlong. Ridden by Flavien Prat, Whatmakesammyrun pulled clear by 3 3/4 lengths.

“He certainly has an awesome turn of foot,” Glatt said. “Good-quality turf horses have that turn of foot. It was eye-catching, to say the least.”

Owned by Sterling Ranches, Whatmakessammyrun has won 3 of 8 starts and is unbeaten in two starts for Glatt, including a late rally to win an allowance race at six furlongs on turf on May 2 in his California debut. Whatmakesammyrun was third in the Atlantic Beach Stakes at a mile on turf for 2-year-olds last November when trained by George Weaver.

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Glatt has East Coast plans this summer for Dr. Schivel, unraced since a win in the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity last September. Dr. Schivel is nearing a return to racing and will be pointed for two stakes at Saratoga – the Grade 2 Amsterdam Stakes at 6 1/2 furlongs on Aug. 1 and the Grade 1 Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes at seven furlongs on Aug. 28.