Lucky Stride to make mainland debut in Shuvee for Trombetta

Trainer Mike Trombetta is hopeful that Sonata Stables' Lucky Stride will replicate her positive form from Puerto Rico to the mainland United States in next Sunday's Grade 3, $125,000 Shuvee for older fillies and mares on the main track.

A winner of eight races from 11 lifetime starts, the daughter of Declaration of War has never finished worse than second, with all of her races taking place at Camarero Racetrack in Puerto Rico.

A winner of last year's Clasico Roberto Clemente (G3) and a 10 ½-length winner of the Clasico Dia del Veterano (G2), Lucky Stride will arrive at the Shuvee off a 5 ½-length allowance triumph on June 19.

Lucky Stride has been getting acclimated to the Saratoga main track, and worked five furlongs in a sharp 59.20 seconds on Sunday morning.

"She works really well over this track," Trombetta said. "It took a lot to get her here. She went from Puerto Rico, to Ocala, to Fair Hill to up here at Saratoga. She's doing well. We're hoping to see her form hold up in the United States, which is why she's here. The owner wanted to give her a chance on this side of the continent."

Trombetta also said that Win Win Win is possible for the Forego (G1) on Aug. 29. The son of Hat Trick is scheduled to breeze on Sunday morning, which will be a deciding factor in whether or not he runs. Last Sunday, Win Win Win drilled through five-eighths in 58.80 seconds over the main track.

Owned by Charlotte Weber's Live Oak Plantation, Win Win Win was a late-closing second to Complexity in a one mile allowance over the Belmont Park main track last out on July 2. A stakes winner over both dirt and turf, Win Win Win would be targeting his first graded stakes victory in the Forego.