ARCADIA, Calif. – Dortmund and Firing Line, first and second in the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Futurity on Dec. 20, may meet again in the $150,000 Robert Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita on Feb. 7.
On Sunday, Bob Baffert, who trains Dortmund, and Simon Callaghan, who trains Firing Line, said the Grade 3 Robert B. Lewis Stakes at 1 1/16 miles was a short-term goal for their Triple Crown prospects.
“The first spot would be the Bob Lewis,” Baffert said of Dortmund’s options. “If I’m happy with the situation, we will run. I don’t make that call until after the last work.”