Fiftyshadesofgold Back at Best Distance

Trainer Bret Calhoun didn't expect his crack runner Fiftyshadesofgold to be on the lead in the Grade 1, Acorn on June 7 at Belmont Park, but that's where the 3-year-old filly wound up. Jockey Mike Smith rated her to the quarter pole before Sweet Reason swept to the front - and victory - and Fiftyshadesofgold faded to fourth in the one-turn mile.

Retooled and sporting a series of blazing works, Fiftyshadesofgold will now get another shot at Sweet Reason, this time at her best distance of seven furlongs, in the Grade 1, $500,000 Longines Test on Saturday.

The gray or roan Fiftyshadesofgold, by My Golden Song, is undefeated at the distance, having won a restricted stakes in February at Sam Houston and the Grade 3 Eight Belles at Churchill Downs. In the latter race, she earned her top Beyer Speed Figure - a 94 - winning by a half-length.

"We're pretty excited about it," Calhoun said of the Test. "The seven-eighth suits her well. I don't think she ran a bad race last time [in the Acorn]. We went quicker than we wanted."

Jockey Robby Albarado rides Fiftyshadesofgold for the first time.