Charitable Man Returns to the Spa

Charitable Man, second in an optional claimer at Delaware Park on August 2 in his 2010 debut, breezed five furlongs over Saratoga’s main track Saturday morning for trainer Tony Dutrow.

NYRA clockers caught the 4-year-old colt, owned by William K. Warren, in 1:01.05.

“[Former trainer] Kiaran McLaughlin told me he really likes Saratoga, so we brought him up here,” said Dutrow of the colt, who had not run since last year’s Travers. “We’re getting a feel for him up here. He went very, very well today.”

Dutrow said he has no plans for Charitable Man, who won last year’s Grade 2 Peter Pan and then finished fourth in the Belmont Stakes, third in the Jim Dandy, and then fourth in the Travers.

“Right now, we’re just watching him and getting a feel for him,” said the trainer. “That’s what we are experiencing right now.”