Zandon has first work toward Jim Dandy Stakes
ELMONT, N.Y. - Zandon, the third-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, returned to the work tab Sunday at Belmont Park, breezing a half-mile in 49.98 seconds over the main track as he begins preparations for a summer campaign.
Trainer Chad Brown said Zandon “went outstanding” and is being pointed to the Grade 2, $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga on July 30.
Zandon, who won the Grade 1 Blue Grass at Keeneland in April, had lost some weight coming out of the Kentucky Derby, Brown said.
“I liked what I saw this week, so I gave him a breeze,” Brown said.
Meanwhile, Preakness winner Early Voting is scheduled to return to the work tab this coming weekend, Brown said. He will make his next start in either the Grade 1, $1 million Haskell at Monmouth Park on July 23 or the Jim Dandy.
Jack Christopher, last year’s Grade 1 Champagne winner and this year’s Grade 2 Pat Day victor, is all set for Saturday’s Grade 1 Woody Stephens at Belmont. He worked a half-mile in 48.10 seconds Saturday.