C R K Stable and Grandview Equine's Baeza (McKinzie) worked over Saratoga's Oklahoma track Monday morning in advance of a start in Saturday's GI Belmont Stakes.
With Flavien Prat aboard, the half-brother to Classic winners Mage (Good Magic) and Dornoch (Good Magic) reeled off splits of :24.89, :48.93 and galloped out six furlongs in 1:16.41, according to NYRA clockers.
“I thought the work was very good, especially the way he moved over the racetrack,” said Shirreffs Monday. “He is light on his feet. Everything he does is effortless.”
A winner in his third start while going a mile at Santa Anita Feb. 14, the John Shirreffs trainee finished runner-up behind ultimate GI Preakness winner Journalism (Curlin) in the GI Santa Anita Derby Apr. 5 before coming home third behind Sovereignty (Into Mischief) and Journalism in the May 5 GI Kentucky Derby. Bred by Grandview Equine, the son of Puca (Big Brown) was a $1.2 million buy at Keeneland September in 2023.
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