Elmont, NY (Sports Network) – Travers Stakes co-winner Alpha will return to action in the United States next Saturday in the $350,000 Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park. It will be the 4-year-old’s first race this year after two starts in Dubai.<\/p>\n
Trained by Kiaran McLaughlin for Godolphin Stable, Alpha was 12th and fifth, respectively, in a pair of stakes in Dubai to begin 2013.<\/p>\n
“His last race was OK,” said McLaughlin. “Better. He looks great. He came back looking great. In the past we’ve had horses really mature from 3 to 4, whether we gave them time off or didn’t give them time off. He’s still maturing and looks great.”<\/p>\n
Last year, the colt finished in a dead heat with Golden Ticket in the Travers at Saratoga. He was sixth as the 7-10 favorite in the Pennsylvania Derby and 12th to Fort Larned in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.<\/p>\n
Alpha has won five of 13 career starts for $1.3 million.<\/p>\n
Among the other runners expected to start the 1 1\/8-mile Suburban is Flat Out, winner of the last two editions of the Jockey Club Gold Cup. Trained by Bill Mott, Flat Out had his four-race win streak at Belmont Park ended with a third-place finish in the Met Mile on Memorial Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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