Hallandale Beach, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – Bluegrass Singer, winner of Saturday’s Mucho Macho Man Stakes at Gulfstream Park, is going to be stretching out in distance now that he established himself as a serious 3-year-old.<\/p>\n
Trained by Marcus Vitali, Bluegrass Singer won the mile stakes by 1 3\/4 lengths in front-running fashion.<\/p>\n
“I always knew he had a lot of talent. I felt we would get our money’s worth, but I didn’t know how good he’d turn out,” Vitali said.<\/p>\n
Bluegrass Singer, owned by Crossed Sabres Farm, has now won his last two starts, both at a mile. Vitali is looking to send him even longer in the next race.<\/p>\n
“I think we’ve prepared him for the two-turn challenge. I eased him into different distances feeling he was going to get better with each start,” said Vitali. “He’s probably the most laid-back horse in the barn. When you gallop him, you gallop with lose reins. Game day, I guess he puts his game face on, so to speak.”<\/p>\n
With the Florida Derby on March 28, Bluegrass Singer has two distance races leading to the 1 1\/8-mile event. On Jan. 24 is the 1 1\/16-mile Holy Bull followed by the 1 1\/8-mile Fountain of Youth on Feb. 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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