Furthest Land, winner of the 2009 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I), is entered to race today in the fifth race at Gulfstream Park. The race is a one-mile turf allowance race.
The six-year-old gelding has not raced much since his Breeders' Cup victory. He made four starts in 2010, failing to win any of them. He was then given a lengthy break, returning to the races for the first time in months on February 12th, 2011. In a one-mile allowance optional claiming race, he closed from nearly five lengths back at the eighth pole to win the race by a desperate neck.
It was a successful return to the races. Today, he will attempt to take a step toward returning to the Breeders' Cup.
A very good field has lined up to face him. National Kid is the morning line favorite. He has not raced since August of last year, when he ran second in the grade II Bernard Baruch Handicap at Saratoga.
It won't be easy for Furthest Land to defeat this field, but I'll be cheering for him!
-Keelerman
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