Wickerr Stakes is comeback spot for No Jet Lag
DEL MAR, Calif. – The turf miler No Jet Lag, who made a splashy debut here last summer, worked five furlongs on Polytrack in 1:00 on Wednesday in preparation for his comeback in the $90,000 Wickerr Stakes on July 23.
The time was the best of the morning among 53 works at the distance.
No Jet Lag has not raced since February, when he finished sixth in the Arcadia Stakes at Santa Anita. That marked the third straight race in which he finished out of the money after winning impressively in his first two starts in this country, an allowance race at Del Mar and the City of Hope Mile at Santa Anita.
“I’m really happy with him,” said trainer Simon Callaghan. “I gave him a break because he was a little bit flat last time. This will be a prep for the Del Mar Mile. He likes this track for sure.”
The Grade 2, $250,000 Del Mar Mile on Aug. 24 is the next intended start for the circuit’s best grass miler, Obviously.