Exaggerator scheduled to breeze this weekend at Saratoga
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Despite wet weather expected in the Saratoga area this weekend, Exaggerator remains on schedule to make his first appearance on the worktab since his 1 ½-length victory in the Grade 1 Haskell, said Julie Clark, assistant to trainer Keith Desormeaux, on Thursday morning.
Southern California-based Desormeaux will be on hand to check in on the Preakness winner, who is tentatively slated to breeze Saturday morning, although Clark noted that the weather may have the final say.
"Keith actually gets here [Thursday night] and the weather forecast doesn't look particularly appealing but that's the plan for right now," she said. "Obviously, the idea is to get a feel for where he's at and it's not always easy to do that on a wet track."
The forecast notwithstanding, Clark reported that the millionaire son of Curlin has remained in good order since notching his third Grade 1 victory of the year on July 31 at Monmouth Park.
"He's been great; his normal, handful self," she said. "He's had a couple of walk days so he was plenty fresh going to the track but he's been good."
Clark also said that multiple graded stakes-placed Swipe has been turned out for the interim following back-to-back seventh-place finishes in the Grade 3 Dwyer and Curlin while his connections make a decision regarding the 3-year-old's future.
"Swipe went to the farm in Kentucky," she said. "He's going to have a break while the owners assess what they would like to do with him. They want to do right by him so they want to figure out what the best course of action is."
A $5,000 yearling selection by Desormeaux, Swipe has amassed a 1-5-2 record from 11 starts and earnings of $622,630 for owners Big Chief Racing, Fizzy Racing and Billy Shelton. Most notably, the dark bay Birdstone colt turned in four consecutive runner-up finishes to eventual juvenile champion and Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist in Grade 1 races as a 2-year-old, including the 2015 Breeders' Cup Juvenile.
Source: NYRA Communications
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