Plainview Rebounds at the Spa

Rebounding from a sixth-place finish in the Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap on June 8 at Belmont Park, the front-running 5-year-old Street Cry gelding Plainview scored a sharp optional claiming victory Saturday at the Spa.

Leading all the way under jockey Jose Lezcano, Plainview ran 1 1/16 miles on the grass in 1:40.31 to beat Film Shot by 1 ½ lengths.

A $25,000 claim in May 2012 by trainer Gregory DiPrima for owners Michael Imperio and Jesse Iglesias, Plainview is now 2-for-2 over the Saratoga grass.

Imperio, visiting the barn Sunday morning, said another stakes try was likely next for Plainview.

"We're going to try again," said the son of former New York-based trainer Dominick Imperio. "We're going to look at the end of the meet. He's good at five weeks off or more.

"I think yesterday was the best race he ever ran. Usually he opens up by five [lengths] and holds on. Yesterday, he sat two in front and re-broke at the sixteenth pole and took off again. It was the first time he ever did that. Jose said he was relaxed the whole way."