Shackleford arrives at Saratoga
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Channel: The New York Racing Association · 2011 · Sports
Preakness winner Shackleford, second by a neck to Coil in Sunday's Grade 1 Haskell Invitational, arrived at Saratoga Race Course shortly after 4 p.m. to prepare for his next start. Whether that will be against fellow 3-year-olds, likely to include Coil and Jim Dandy winner Stay Thirsty, in the Grade 1, $1 million Travers on Saturday, August 27, or against older horses one week later in the Grade 1, $750,000 Woodward has yet to be determined, said trainer Dale Romans. "The obvious thing is to go in the Travers and take on the 3-year-olds," he said, "but then we've had a few discussions about the Woodward, which gives us an extra week; it's 1 1/8 miles, and we'd get a little bit of weight. It's something to look at."
