BC Mile, Shadwell Mile alumni highlight Citation

Bright Thought made an ambitious comeback from injury in the Mile, and found

it too much when fading to last. Earlier this year, the Hat Trick four-year-old

was a revelation on the switch to turf. He dominated a one-mile starter handicap

and a 1 1/4-mile optional claimer before making a much bigger splash in the 1

1/2-mile San Luis Rey on March 16, setting a short-lived turf world record of

2:22.72. The Jorge Gutierrez charge was not seen again until the Breeders' Cup,

and is eligible to improve with that under his belt.

Three-time Argentinean Group 1 star Winning Prize made a terrific U.S.

premiere for Neil Drysdale at Del Mar. Leading throughout in an August 22

allowance, the Pure Prize colt drew four lengths clear and rattled off the mile

in 1:32 4/5. Winning Prize was shipped to Keeneland for the Shadwell, only to be

thrust into an unexpected synthetic debut when the race was rained off the turf.

He ended up fourth that day, but promises to be much happier back on his

preferred surface. Corey Nakatani picks up the mount.

The Christophe Clement-trained Summer Front likewise deserves a pass for his

uncharacteristic seventh in the Shadwell. The War Front half-brother to Grade 1

vixen Laragh had comfortably taken the April 20 Miami Mile and August 25 Cliff

Hanger in his last pair. During his three-year-old campaign in 2012, Summer

Front landed the Hill Prince and finished third in both the Secretariat and

Jamaica, before his troubled sixth in the Hollywood Derby.

War Front will also be represented by the improving Bio Pro, a 3 1/4-length

winner of the October 27 Lure at Santa Anita in his stakes debut for Howard

Zucker. Grade 2 veteran My Best Brother, second in the Lure in just his second

start of the year, figures to be part of the early pace scenario from the rail.

Rounding out the field is Big Bane Theory. Fourth to Silentio in the Sir

Beaufort, the Carla Gaines trainee comes off an October 14 allowance score at

Santa Anita.

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