Pletcher’s Suburban and Dwyer hopefuls post works

Coach Inge could make it two in a row in the Suburban (NYRA/Dave Alcosser/Adam Coglianese Photography)

Expected $500,000 Suburban H. (G2) entrants Coach Inge (Big Brown) and Mylute (Midnight
Lute) worked in respective company with $500,000 Dwyer S. (G3) hopefuls Tommy Macho (Macho Uno) and Blofeld (Quality
Road) Saturday morning at Belmont Park, ahead of their July 4 Stars & Stripes Day assignments for the Todd
Pletcher barn.

Brooklyn Invitational (G2) winner Coach Inge turned in an easy maintenance
move over the fast training track with Tommy Macho. The duo breezed four
furlongs in :50 4/5, ranking 61st of 84 at the distance.

“We’re only doing some maintenance work with (Coach Inge) since he’s coming out
of a mile-and-a-half race,” Pletcher explained. “He seems to have come out of that
well and he looks good. I wouldn’t think he’d have any issues with (the 1 1/4-mile
Suburban) since he seems to like those types of distances. He has tactical speed
and it should suit him.”

Tommy Macho, meanwhile, will be making his stakes debut in the Dwyer after
posting back-to-back victories at Big Sandy, most recently with a 3
1/4-length allowance score on Belmont Stakes Day, June 6. According to Pletcher, Irad
Ortiz Jr. will pick up the mount on Coach Inge and Tommy Macho will be ridden by
Javier Castellano.

Classic-placed Mylute and Blofeld breezed five furlongs
over the training track, covering the distance in a bullet-earning 1:01 3/5.

Mylute, seen here readying for his third-place effort in the 2013 Preakness, will be making just his second start for Pletcher in the Suburban (Jessie Holmes/EquiSport Photos)

Like his younger workmate, the five-year-old Mylute will be making only his second
start this season after recording a 2 1/4-length victory in a one-mile allowance/optional
claimer over the local track on May 29.

“Mylute’s continued to train well since his allowance comeback,” Pletcher said,
noting that Javier Castellano will be named to ride the gray horse. “I
thought he ran well that day and he’s put in some good breezes since then as
well.”

Itsonlyactingdad (Giant’s Causeway) worked over the firm Oklahoma turf course at her
Saratoga base on Friday, covering a dogs-up half-mile in :48 4/5. The
sophomore miss is likely headed to the $1 million Belmont
Oaks Invitational (G1), according to Pletcher, although the plans are still being finalized.

“We thought she ran pretty well (when fourth while making her stakes
debut) in the Wonder Again considering it was a paceless race and she was pretty far back,”
the trainer remarked. “She had the fastest final quarter-mile (in the field), she just had too much ground to make up.

“(The Belmont Oaks is) definitely an
ambitious spot, but there are few opportunities for three-year-old fillies to run
for a $1 million, so we thought we’d give it a try.”

Others probable for the Dwyer include Breeders’
Cup Juvenile (G1) winner Texas Red (Afleet Alex), who worked a half-mile in
:48 on Saturday over Santa Anita Park’s fast dirt and will be making his first
start since being sidelined following his February 1 San Vicente S. (G2) second,
and stakes debuter Smart Transition (Smart Strike).