Trainer Tom Amoss, who saddled
Jerry Namy’s Shared Property to win Saturday’s Grade III Arlington-Washington
Futurity, was understandably upbeat when reached at the airport shortly before
his return trip to Kentucky
Sunday morning.
“That was a lot of fun,
yesterday,” said Amoss. “I stopped by the barn to take a look at (Shared
Property) this morning before we left for the airport and he looked
great. He ate up everything last night and we’re hoping he has a big
future in front of him. Nothing has been decided for sure just yet, but
there’s a big chance we’ll run him next in the (Grade I) Breeders’ Futurity at
Keeneland (Oct. 8).
“I’ve liked this horse from
the first time he came into the barn,” Amoss said. “I think he’s going to be a
real good racehorse. I’m not sure why he ducked out the way he did yesterday
but he’s still a little inexperienced. He’ll improve off of that race
yesterday.
“As for the filly (Pop-A-Top
LLC’s Arlington-Washington Lassie contestant Always Here Too), she looked fine
this morning, too,” Amoss added. “I’m a little disappointed with her race
(fifth), but she seems fine.”
Incidentally, moments after
the local Futurity, the Amoss-trained Populist Politics, owned by Klaravich
Stables and William Lawrence, finished a fast-closing third in the Grade II
Super Derby at Louisiana Downs, beaten less than three lengths for the win.