Sullimar Stable's Get
Stormy is bouncing back well from Monday's bullet five-furlong Oklahoma turf
workout (57.48), trainer Tom Bush said Wednesday. The multiple Grade 1-winning
son of Stormy Atlantic is preparing for a start in the Grade 2, $500,000
Fourstardave Handicap on August 11.
"It
was faster than what I wanted, but you can't undo those things. You just have to
hope that everything is good and he seemed like he came out of it fine," Bush
said. "I'd only planned on working him twice more once he got up here, so I
don't have to work him back in seven days. I can wait and come back probably in
nine days. It's workable. A lot of horses are much keener on the rail. They see
it, they know it, and they're likely to do more. That's what he did. But, he
handles turns so well that it's easy for him to work like
that."
Get
Stormy looks for his second victory in the one-mile Fourstardave, which he won
in 2010 when the race was run at 1 1/16 miles. The 6-year-old skipped last
year's running with a minor tendon issue. So far this year, he is 1-1-0 from
four starts, including a victory in the Grade 1 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap in
February. Last time out, Get Stormy was second, beaten a length, in the Grade 2
Monmouth Stakes.
"Hopefully we can keep him happy," Bush said. "He's doing plenty
well enough. He'll need to, I'm sure [the Fourstardave] is going to come up
plenty deep."