Change of Plans
The effect of Ghostzapper’s retirement continues to be felt in the older male handicap division. Trainer Mark Hennig has adjusted Eddington’s 2005 campaign now that the 2004 HOTY is out of the picture. Eddington was scheduled to start in the Suburban, the Saratoga Breeders’ Cup, the Jockey Club Gold Cup, and the Breeders’ Cup Classic. He’s still on schedule for the Suburban and is a definite for the Classic, but may now enter the Whitney and the Woodward in place of the Saratoga and Gold Cup. The July 2 Suburban will be Eddington’s first start since winning the Pimlico Special in May. (Daily Racing Form)
Trainer Robbie Bailes needs a new plan for Scrappy T — the horse didn’t take to the turf as it was hoped he might. Scrappy T worked out on Colonial Downs’ turf course yesterday, with the idea that he might run in the Colonial Turf Cup and the Virginia Derby, but Scrappy T didn’t like the change of surface. “[Rider Ramon Dominguez] said he didn’t have the same spurt that he had on the dirt,” said Bailes. Scrappy T may be pointed to the Ohio Derby at Thistledown instead. (Lexington Herald-Leader)
