Saratoga Springs, NY (Sports Network) – Whitney Handicap winner Cross Traffic will skip Saturday’s Woodward at Saratoga to make his next start in the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park on Sept. 28.<\/p>\n
“It was a tough decision, but we’re trying to figure out the best way to get to the Breeders’ Cup,” said trainer Todd Pletcher. “We felt like bypassing (the Woodward) and getting a mile and a quarter race five weeks out from the Breeders’ Cup Classic puts us in a better position than running a mile and an eighth nine weeks out, and then possibly needing to run back in the Jockey Club, as well. It was a tough call, but that’s kind of what it came down to.”<\/p>\n
Cross Traffic, owned by GoldMark Farm, recorded his first stakes win in just his fifth career start with his Whitney victory on July 3. The victory was worth $450,000 to bring his lifetime earnings to $681,300 with three wins and two seconds.<\/p>\n
Making his debut in January of this year, the 4-year-old colt won his first two races at Gulfstream Park and followed with second-place performances at Belmont Park in the Westchester Handicap and Met Mile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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