Hall
of Fame trainer Jonathan Sheppard said Monday morning he will run Ever So Lucky in the Grade 1, $500,000
Foxwoods King’s Bishop on the Travers Day card. The seven-furlong race is
expected to attract the top 3-year-old sprinters in the country, including
Currency Swap and Trinniberg.
Ever
So Lucky, owned by Augustin Stable, will turn back in distance for the Foxwoods
King’s Bishop off a third-place finish in the 1 1/8-mile Curlin on July 27. The
Indian Charlie colt has toggled between sprints and routes and was third in the
Grade 3 Swale behind Trinniberg at the Foxwoods King’s Bishop distance in March
at Gulfstream
Park .
“I
think we’re going to give it a shot,” Sheppard said. “We just like
Saratoga. We like to run
here. It’s a good distance for him. We wouldn’t ship up here for this, but he’s
been here since the Curlin, and he likes it up here. We realize we’re in the
deep water.”
Sheppard also said recent Hall of fame inductee John Velazquez wanted to
retain the mount for the race, “and that’s a good impetus for us to do it.”