ABL Stable, Bossone, Donnelly and Schnoor's Golden Brown (Offlee Wild), winner of the GIII Kent S. over the Delaware Park turf July 14, will attempt to transition back to a route of ground on dirt in Sunday's GI Betfair.com Haskell Invitational, trainer Pat McBurney said Wednesday. The New Jersey-bred began his career sprinting on dirt with two wins from five tries, but recently hit his best stride on the grass with a close runner-up finish behind GSW Irish Strait (English Channel) in the restricted Dan Horn S. June 17 prior his win in the Kent.
“He has performed so well on the grass that the only way I'd consider trying him on the dirt again right now is in this race. Monmouth Park is home and it's the Haskell,” said McBurney. “If you're going to try long on the dirt for the first time this would be the race. That being said, he has actually performed well on the dirt and, though they've been in sprint races, his sheet numbers are equally as good as what he has run on the turf.”
Golden Brown will be McBurney's third Haskell starter. Just Call Kenny (Jump Start) was sixth in 2014 and Cable Boy (Jump Start) was fifth in 2007.
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