Ready to 'Light' It Up in the Forego

City of Light | Benoit

Two-time Grade I winner City of Light (Quality Road) gets back to business in Saturday's GI Forego S., a 'Win and You're In' for the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Churchill Downs.

The bay had a three-race winning streak snapped when third as the 6-5 favorite in the 1 1/4-miles GI Gold Cup at Santa Anita May 26. The GI Malibu S. and GI Triple Bend S. winner has been working bullets at Del Mar for his return since mid-July. City of Light also boasts a narrow decision over leading handicap horse Accelerate (Lookin At Lucky) in the GII Oaklawn H. Apr. 14.

“After [he was third in] the Gold Cup, we had circled the Whitney, as [owner] Mr. [William K.] Warren has been wanting to bring him east,” trainer Michael McCarthy said. “He started the Del Mar meet off with a bit of a foot bruise, and we didn't want to rush things with him. With two Grade I wins at seven furlongs, the Forego looked like an ideal spot.”

City of Light will join his sire at Lane's End Farm upon the conclusion of his racing career, it was announced earlier this month.

Limousine Liberal (Successful Appeal), a narrow winner of this term's GII Churchill Downs S. May 5 and GII Belmont Sprint Championship S. last time July 7, breaks from the rail with Jose Ortiz.

No Dozing (Union Rags) kickstarted his 4-year-old campaign in style with a sharp win over this course and distance in an optional claimer July 21. He was sixth in last term's GI H. Allen Jerkens S. on this same card.

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