I Spent It Bound for Bachelor Stakes
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Grade 2 winner I Spent It will make his next start in the $100,000 Bachelor Stakes April 10, co-owner Alex Lieblong said Friday morning. A Triple Crown nominee, I Spent It finished last of six in his 3-year-old debut, a March 18 third-level allowance race against older horses at a mile.
The race was designed as a prep for the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) April 11, but I Spent It’s connections, including trainer Tony Dutrow, scrapped that plan following the colt’s poor performance. Lieblong said I Spent It returned with small cuts on the inside of his left hock after hitting himself leaving the gate.
In his first work since his 3-year-old debut, I Spent It uncorked a five-furlong bullet (:59.20) after Friday morning’s renovation break under Ramon Vazquez.
“The race the other day was so screwed up,” Lieblong said. “Start back with what we know he’s fairly decent at.”
The six-furlong Bachelor will mark the first sprint start for I Spent It since he finished second in the $350,000 Hopeful Stakes (G1) Sept. 1 at Saratoga. He won his July 2 career debut at Belmont Park (five furlongs), then won the $200,000 Saratoga Special Stakes (G2) Aug. 10 at 6 ½ furlongs.
Hillbilly Royalty OK
Trainer Donnie K. Von Hemel said promising 3-year-old Hillbilly Royalty escaped injury after getting loose during training hours Thursday morning and running the wrong way for several minutes.
Von Hemel said he planned to work Hillbilly Royalty Friday morning, but called an audible after the unexpected turn of events Thursday.
“I think we’ll just count that as a work, and, thank God, it wasn’t worse than it was,” Von Hemel said Friday morning.
Despite the setback, Von Hemel said he still plans to run Hillbilly Royalty in the $100,000 Northern Spur Stakes April 11. The Langfuhr gelding, bred and owned by country music star Toby Keith, won his first two career starts before finishing fifth in the $300,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) Feb. 22.
Hillbilly Royalty has had three published workouts since the Southwest.
Source: Oaklawn Park Barn Notes
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