SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Six jockeys broke horses out of the starting gate in the reconstructed Wilson Chute at Saratoga on Tuesday in a sort of trial race and walked away feeling a bit more comfortable about the logistics of running a race from there. However, the riders were not willing to commit to a definite maximum number of horses to run in a race until after they ride a real race from the chute on Thursday. The New York Racing Association would like to run a maximum of 10 horses out of the chute, which allows for dirt races to be run at one mile. Jockeys have talked about limiting field size to eight and were unsure whether they want to ride 2-year-olds out of the chute. Thursday’s $100,000 Wilton Stakes, for 3-year-old fillies, drew a field of nine. “We have one race to run opening day, it’s nine horses, we’ll decide if we can put 10 horses or not [in future races],” said jockey John Velazquez, one of the six who participated in Tuesday’s trial run. “Right now, we see it feasible, again we have to talk to the rest of the guys and see how it goes.” :: Get Saratoga Clocker Reports from Mike Welsch and the Clocker Team. Available every race day. Velazquez, Javier Castellano, Irad Ortiz Jr., Jose Ortiz, Manny Franco, and Declan Carroll all were aboard horses in the trial run conducted shortly after 10:30 Tuesday morning. Velazquez, on the Carlos Martin-trained Squid Gamer, an unraced 3-year-old Violence colt, broke a bit slow from the inside. Javier Castellano, aboard the 4-year-old gelding Air Show, an 18-time starter, broke better outside of him. Castellano left Velazquez some room to get to the turn, but noted that this was a trial run, not a race. “Just today, this was practice,” Castellano said. “In a race it’s so competitive.” In the 14-horse gate, if the field is 10 horses, the inside horse will actually break from stall 4. There is a temporary rail that extends out 40 feet from stall 3, which should help prevent horses from ducking in. “By placing the rail right there it worked very well because my horse was very green and when the gate opened he hesitated and he saw the rail and he went straight,” Velazquez said. Velazquez said he felt comfortable with the run to the first turn, which is a little less than an eighth of a mile - a longer run to the turn than there was in 1992 the last time one-mile dirt races were run here. Then, it wasn’t out of a chute, but rather the gate was placed on an angle on the clubhouse turn. “It’s just good enough to get there, Velazquez said. “The way it used to be, we didn’t have enough room to run to the turn and everybody’s running into the turn and that’s where the trouble was. Now, we got a better run to there, you got enough run to get your position.” :: DRF's Saratoga headquarters – Stakes schedule, previews, recaps, past performances, and more Jose Ortiz, who was aboard 0 for 3 maiden Citizen Mack on Tuesday, said the race field should begin to sort itself out by the time the field gets to the first turn. “By the time you get there the speed horse is going to be in front of you,” Ortiz said. This year will mark the first time Saratoga is utilizing this Wilson Chute. The old one was dismantled following the 1972 meet. The primary reason for the new chute is to allow turf races scheduled for 1 1/16 miles that are rained off to the main track to be run at a mile on dirt, instead of 1 1/8 miles for older horses, seven furlongs for 2-year-olds.