Square Eddie returns to worktab

Square Eddie isn’t out of Derby consideration yet (Ed Van Meter/Horsephotos.com)

Breeders’ Futurity (G1) romper SQUARE EDDIE (Smart Strike), who has been
sidelined by sore shins since early February, returned to the worktab at
Hollywood Park Sunday.

The Doug O’Neill pupil traveled three furlongs in :37 2/5, breezing, on the
Cushion Track. It was his first recorded work since February 2, when he sizzled
five furlongs in a bullet :58 4/5.

“We still have the (Kentucky) Derby (G1) in mind,” O’Neill declared after
Sunday’s work.

Square Eddie has not raced since his runner-up effort to The Pamplemousse (Kafwain)
in the January 17 San Rafael S. (G3) at Santa Anita.

Last Thursday, Square Eddie was installed as the 5-2 winter-book favorite for
the Queen’s Plate, a classic race for Canadian-breds on June 21 at Woodbine.
Square Eddie was bred in Ontario and races for J. Paul Reddam, a native of
Windsor, Ontario.