Gouverneur Morris gets his stakes test in Breeders' Futurity

Team Valor International and WinStar Farm’s Gouverneur Morris, a nine-length winner in the slop at 3-5 odds in his debut at Saratoga on Sept. 2, heads a field of 10 2-year-olds entered for the Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity to be run at 1 1/16 miles on the main track.

The Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity, a Win and You’re In race for the $2 million TVG Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) to be run at 1 1/16 miles at Santa Anita on Nov. 1, is scheduled as Saturday’s ninth race with a 5:39 p.m. post time.

Trained by two-time race winner Todd Pletcher, Gouverneur Morris will be ridden by Javier Castellano and break from post position 10.

Also figuring to draw support is Anderson Stables’ By Your Side. Winner of his first two starts that included a 3-length triumph in the Sanford (G3) at Saratoga, By Your Side finished fifth in the slop in the Hopeful (G1) in his most recent start.

Trained by Eddie Kenneally, By Your Side will break from post position two and be ridden by Corey Lanerie.

The field for the Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity, with riders from the rail, is:

1. Tap It to Win (Tyler Gaffalione)

2. By Your Side (Corey Lanerie)

3. Life Onthe Road (Shaun Bridgmohan)

4. King Theo (Flavien Prat)

5. Enforceable (Florent Geroux)

6. Maxfield (Jose Ortiz)

7. American Butterfly (Miguel Mena)

8. Ajaaweed (Joel Rosario)

9. January Won (Brian Hernandez Jr.)

10. Gouverneur Morris (Castellano).

All starters will carry 121 pounds.