Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. has mapped out a tentative schedule for Kentucky Derby (G1)
prospects BOYS AT TOSCONOVA (Officer) and MOUNTAIN TOWN (Cape Town), who are
both slated to race at Gulfstream Park this winter. The 51-year-old
conditioner readied Big Brown at the South Florida oval in 2008, winning a pair
of starts, including a sensational five-length score in the Florida Derby (G1),
before saddling the eventual champion to victories in the Kentucky Derby and
Preakness (G1).
Hopeful S. (G1) winner and Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) runner-up Boys at
Tosconova is the star of the stable presently.
"We're looking at the one-turn race at the end of January for him," Dutrow
said, referring to the one-mile Holy Bull S. (G3) on January 30. "Keeping him
here for the Florida Derby (on April 3) is something I think we would want to
do."
Boys at Tosconova recorded a fast-finishing second in his career debut, the
April 30 Kentucky Juvenile (G3), before being privately sold and transferred to
Dutrow. He graduated in style next time out, sailing to a 12-length maiden
special weight victory at Belmont Park on July 2, and trained up to the
September 6 Hopeful at Saratoga. The nearly black colt returned from the
two-month freshening with a powerful performance, winning the seven-furlong
event in hand by 1 3/4 lengths, and then tried two turns in the Breeders' Cup.
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