LOOSE MONEY
Trainer: Gustavo Delgado
Last race: Nov. 15, 9th
Finish: 4th by 3 1/4
Beyer: 65
He was making a potential winning move along the inside in midstretch when he ducked inward at the gap and was checked sharply to lose all chance in a $40,000 maiden turf race.
GEAUX METS
Trainer: Rudy Rodriguez
Last race: Nov. 11, 6th
Finish: 3rd by 5 1/4
Beyer: 85
Caught a speed-favoring sloppy track and raced very wide chasing the back-in-form The Big Deluxe in a New York-bred sprint, and was claimed by sharp connections. Posted a 95 Beyer Figure on the inner dirt last winter.
SMART TRANSITION
Trainer: John Shirreffs
Last race: Nov. 11, 8th
Finish: 4th by 5 1/2
Beyer: 90
Broke from the outside post and may have been positioned a bit closer to the early leaders than preferred when brought back from a 74-day layoff in a sloppy renewal of the Discovery Handicap – his first experience with off going.