Discreet Lover Woodward Stakes-bound after strong Whitney showing

Prior to heading back to Parx Racing on Sunday morning with his two-horse trailer, owner and trainer Uriah St. Lewis said he is already considering the Grade 1, $750,000 Woodward Stakes for Discreet Lover following his late-closing third-place finish to Diversify and Mind Your Biscuits in Saturday's Whitney at Saratoga.

St. Lewis said he wasn't surprised with how Discreet Lover made a six-wide move coming into the stretch and closed on Mind Your Biscuits to miss second by a half-length.

"We knew he was going to hit the board," St. Lewis said. "When he gets clear outside, he's going to be coming; he's going to roll. He tries all of the time. That's all we ask from him."

Discreet Lover, who was purchased for just $10,000, earned $120,000 for the third-place finish that puts him just shy of the $1 million mark at $941,560 in career earnings. For St. Lewis, the plan for Discreet Lover, as well as Norma's Charm, who finished fifth in the Grade 1 Test, is possibly coming back to Saratoga in about 10 days.

"We are going to take it one step at a time, but the Woodward is next," said St. Lewis. "Both horses came out of their races good. We're going home and get a few days off. In a few days, if he says he is ready, we go back into training. We'll probably bring him back up here a little early."