Trainer Peter Miller said Friday from San Luis Rey Downs that unbeaten Backbackbackgone would seek his fourth victory in the $100,000-added Hollywood Prevue Stakes for 2-year-olds on Nov. 23. The Grade III test is at seven furlongs.
Backbackbackgone won the Willard Proctor Memorial Stakes here in his second start May 25 and returned from a four-month layoff to capture the six-furlong Goodman Stakes at Santa Anita by a nose Oct. 18.
"He had some minor baby stuff after the Proctor," explained Miller of the layoff. "He showed a lot of guts in the Goodman. I didn't have him real tight, he didn't switch leads and was a little short.
"He should be a lot tighter for this," added Miller. "He worked a strong seven-eighths here Wednesday in 1:25 and four-fifths, the last quarter in 23 and two. He should be ready to go."
Rafael Bejarano has the call back.
FINISH LINES - Trainer Doug O'Neill said Garrett Gomez would ride Hollywood Juvenile Championship winner Azul Leon for the first time in the Hollywood Prevue. "He bounced out of the Breeders' Cup in great shape," said O'Neill of Azul Leon, who finished ninth, 4 ¾ lengths behind the winner. "He was shuffled back behind a slow pace."…O'Neill also plans to run Master Daniel, a 3-year-old colt, in the Vernon O. Underwood Stakes at six furlongs Nov. 22...Irish trainer Ger Lyons, who will send out his first Hollywood Park starter in Pasar Silbano in Sunday's Moccasin Stakes for 2-year-old fillies, is not related to television racing analyst and former trainer Frank Lyons, but they are well acquainted. "I met Frank when I worked in the United States for Carl Nafzger in 1986, and where I live in Ireland now in County Meath is ten miles from Frank's home in Dunboyne." Lyons' wife, Lynne, explained she named the filly Pasar Silbano, "'To Whistle By' in Spanish because the dam's name is Give A Whistle."…Trainer Bob Baffert has high hopes for both Casino Gold and Wynning Ride in the Moccasin. "The Anoakia went in 1:07 and four - ridiculous," said Baffert of the six-furlong time of the Santa Anita stake on Oct. 19 when Casino Gold checked in fourth behind wire-to-wire winner Mi Chiamano Mimi, who puts her unbeaten record on the line in the Moccasin. Baffert will send out his first stakes starter for owner Arnold Zetcher in Wynning Ride since Zetcher turned over most of his stable to him last month. The Candy Ride filly broke her maiden Oct. 10 at first asking for previous trainer Ron McAnally…Trainer David Hofmans likes the prospects of consistent Fire n' Brimstone in the $65,000 Audrey-Skirball Kenis. "I think the mile and an eighth will be a big help," he said. "It may be a little step up, but I think she is ready for it."
