Just for Fun Stable’s Decisive Moment, fifth
in the Grade II Risen Star Stakes after making the pace, has completely
recovered from a slight soft tissue injury in his left hind, trainer Juan
Arias said Sunday morning when speaking over the phone from Calder Race
Course.
“We X-rayed him and did an ultrasound on him and he came
out clean,” said Arias. “He’s back in training now and we’re looking for another
race for him at the end of March.
“The (Grade II) Louisiana Derby (March 26) is
definitely one of the races under consideration for him,” said Arias of
Decisive Moment, who won the $250,000 Jean Lafitte Stakes at Delta Downs on
Jan. 14. “We were treated very well by everyone at Fair Grounds when we came
down there for the Risen Star and would love to come back to New Orleans.”
DECISION DUE MIDWEEK ON MUCHO MACHO MAN
On the morning after the Grade II Risen Star Stakes,
winning trainer Kathy Ritvo estimated that it would be about a week
before a decision would be made about when and where Mucho Macho Man,
owned by Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and Dream Team One Racing, would make his
next start, but on Sunday morning she demurred.
“Mucho Macho Man is doing great today,” Ritvo said,
speaking over the phone from South
Florida, “but we just need a couple of more days to
decide what’s next. We’ll probably have something decided by Wednesday.”