Saratoga
Zivo targets Woodward
Barbara D. Livingston Zivo, winning the Suburban Handicap, is pointing to the Woodward and then the Jockey Club Gold Cuo.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Zivo, the upset winner of the Grade 2 Suburban last out, was kept out of Saturday’s Grade 1 Whitney and will point to the Grade 1 Woodward on Aug. 30, trainer Chad Brown said.
The major goal for Zivo this fall is the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont on Sept. 27.
“After speaking to the owner, Thomas Coleman, we just decided he’d rather focus on the Jockey Club, and we felt the Woodward would be a better prep for that,” Brown said. “It’s a little closer and sets him up for that race where we know he loves Belmont at a mile and a quarter.”
Zivo, a New York-bred son of True Direction, has won six consecutive races and seven of his last eight.