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Flashpoint is scheduled to run Sunday at Gulfstream Park. The question is will he go postward as the odds-on favorite in the seven-furlong, Grade 2 Swale or as the one to catch later that afternoon in the $1 million Florida Derby?
Flashpoint is one of three 3-year-olds, along with Shackleford and Watch Me Go, whose connections remained undecided Wednesday whether to enter the following afternoon in the Grade 1 Florida Derby. There are six confirmed starters for the Florida Derby: Soldat, Dialed In, To Honor and Serve, Arch Traveler, Stay Thirsty, and Bowman's Causeway.
Trainer Rick Dutrow said the final decision on Flashpoint is in the hands of his owner, John Fort. The decision is sure to have ramifications on both the Florida Derby and the Swale. If the speedy Flashpoint, who is undefeated and unchallenged in two previous starts, opts for the Florida Derby, it would not only change the pace scenario in that race but likely increase the final field size for the Swale.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown2011/news/story?id=6275422
Flashpoint is one of three 3-year-olds, along with Shackleford and Watch Me Go, whose connections remained undecided Wednesday whether to enter the following afternoon in the Grade 1 Florida Derby. There are six confirmed starters for the Florida Derby: Soldat, Dialed In, To Honor and Serve, Arch Traveler, Stay Thirsty, and Bowman's Causeway.
Trainer Rick Dutrow said the final decision on Flashpoint is in the hands of his owner, John Fort. The decision is sure to have ramifications on both the Florida Derby and the Swale. If the speedy Flashpoint, who is undefeated and unchallenged in two previous starts, opts for the Florida Derby, it would not only change the pace scenario in that race but likely increase the final field size for the Swale.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown2011/news/story?id=6275422
