Hutcheson

TRACK BANDIT PREVIEWS

The $150,000 Hutcheson S. (G2) on Friday has attracted a superb group of
seven, led by graded stakes winners BREAK WATER EDISON (Lemon Drop Kid) and
CAPT. CANDYMAN CAN (Candy Ride [Arg]). We’ll side with the latter in this competitive field.

Trained by Ian Wilkes, Capt. Candyman Can served notice in his first start
with a resounding 7 1/4-length romp at Saratoga, and he hasn’t run a bad dirt
race since. A winner of the Iroquois S. (G3) in his third start, the bay was six
lengths clear while third in a narrow defeat in the Kentucky Jockey Club S.
(G2). The speedster has a tactical edge in this group with his tremendous gate
speed, and while we like a few others more as long-term classic prospects, this
race should be perfect for this Kentucky-bred under Julien Leparoux.

Break Water Edison also was an impressive debut winner in New York, dusting a
field at Belmont Park in July, and he subsequently contested a quartet of graded
stakes for conditioner John Kimmel. The expensive two-year-old purchase was a
big second in the Saratoga Special S. (G2) in his second start, and was every
bit as impressive when coming from off the pace to bag the Nashua S. (G3) in his
juvenile finale, and he’s a very talented colt. We expect the sophomore to rate
off the pace to the stretch before putting in his late run.

HELLO BROADWAY (Broken Vow) was one of the more courageous maiden winners we
saw last year and the Barclay Tagg pupil could be in for a big three-year-old
campaign if his juvenile form was any indication. The colt was thrown to the
wolves in his second start, finishing a creditable fifth in the
Champagne S. (G1), and concluded his year with a runner-up finish in the Nashua.
We love this colt as a prospect for the classic races this year and are fond of
the way he’s training over this strip, but he may come up short on this day as
he has bigger goals in mind.

Z DAY (Five Star Day) has monster BRIS E1 and E2 Pace numbers and should be
among the early tempo for Tony Dutrow. It took the sophomore four tries to break
his maiden, and he needed a sloppy oval to do so, but it’s hard to completely
overlook the 101 BRIS Speed number he earned last out. The colt could hang
around for a minor award if he and Capt. Candyman Can don’t knock heads early
and the tempo is moderate. We think he’s worth including on the bottom at big
odds.

Jack Price Juvenile S. victor SALO JAK (Graeme Hall) has won three straight
after a runner-up debut and the chestnut has been impressive for trainer
Gilberto Zerpa. If this field didn’t come up so deep we’d fancy this one’s
chances, but we can’t justify putting the Florida-bred on top against this
bunch. If one of the top three falters, this one could sneak into the exotics at
a square price.

Trainer Nick Zito has been high on Calder allowance hero ROCKETING RETURNS
(Gone West), so that’s good enough for us to believe that the colt is a
promising talent. The bay has never been worse than second and surely has every
right to improve in his fourth career start, but he’s another who will likely
need a
misstep from the big three to cash in on this occasion.

BEE CEE CEE (Songandaprayer) has lost five straight and has been beaten by
double-digit lengths in his last three. We expect a similar outcome in here.