Barbara D. Livingston
Moreno went wire to wire in the Whitney, but may face an early challenge from a blinkered Itsmyluckyday in the Woodward on Saturday.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Blame it on the Cazanova.
Eric Guillot, the trainer of the speedy Moreno, didn’t love hearing that Big Cazanova, a speedster from Southern California, was shipping across the country to run in Saturday’s $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park. Without Big Cazanova in the field, Moreno looked like the potential lone speed in the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup, the centerpiece of a six-stakes, 11-race card Saturday at Belmont.
With Big Cazanova in the field, a potential early pace battle looms in the 1 1/4-mile race.