By Steve Sherack
West Coast (Flatter)'s Kentucky vacation is nearing a conclusion.
Last year's champion 3-year-old colt, second in both the 2018 GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational S. Jan. 27 and G1 Dubai World Cup last out Mar. 31, will resume “serious training” July 1, reports Gary and Mary West's Racing Manager Ben Glass.
West Coast joined the Bob Baffert Churchill Downs string prior to this year's GI Kentucky Derby, but never recorded a timed workout during his stay beneath the Twin Spires. The 2017 GI Travers S. winner is currently in light training at Dell Ridge Farm in Lexington.
“We left him in Kentucky because he'd been in a box stall since he was a yearling,” Glass said with a laugh. “We wanted him to have a little R&R before we went back for a serious campaign. Naturally, we're hoping we can make the Breeders' Cup, but if we don't, we'll make the Clark and then the Pegasus.”
Any targets in mind for a return spot?
“Once Bob has him for a while, he'll tell you where he's at,” Glass replied. “But he's doing great and we're anxious to get him back into serious training.”
West Coast, a $425,000 KEESEP yearling, was also a runaway winner of last year's GI Pennsylvania Derby and third-place finisher in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar.
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