NEWS
Break Water Edison prepares for Hutcheson
Posted: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 3:18 PM
BREAK WATER EDISON
Adam Coglianese/NYRA photo
by Laura Pepper
In preparation for the start of his three-year-old campaign, Nashua Stakes (G3) winner Break Water Edison breezed at Gulfstream Park for the first time on Wednesday morning.
Under regular jockey Alan Garcia, the three-year-old Lemon Drop Kid colt breezed five furlongs in 1:00.80, which ranked fifth of 17 timed workouts at the distance. Break Water Edison is slated to make his season debut in the seven-furlong Hutcheson Stakes (G2) for three-year-olds on January 30 at Gulfstream.
“He worked in company and worked very well and he’s sitting on go,” trainer John Kimmel said. “I think the Hutcheson sets up pretty good for us and that’s where we’re going to run.”
Break Water Edison and stablemate Morethan Fourhours were shipped on Sunday from Payson Park Training Center to the Hallandale Beach, Florida, track. Morethan Fourhours finished fourth in a maiden claiming race for three-year-olds on Sunday.
“[Break Water Edison] had been breezing on a weekly basis, and I think he had been getting kind of bored breezing by himself at Payson,” Kimmel said. “I just wanted to see how he would handle the track and breezing with some company and just all those little factors, and I brought him down here and I was very pleased.”
After the Hutcheson, Kimmel said that the goal for Break Water Edison will be the Florida Derby (G1) on March 28. The Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) is also on Kimmel’s radar for Break Water Edison.
“Yeah, that’s everyone’s hope,” Kimmel said. “I think he’s the horse that’s got not only the pedigree but he’s already shown the ability.”
Break Water Edison won his racing debut July 17, winning a 5 1/2-furlong maiden special weight race at Belmont Park by 4¾ lengths. Owned by Eli Gindi, Break Water Edison followed with a runner-up finish to Run Away and Hide in the Saratoga Special Stakes (G2) at Saratoga Race Course.
He subsequently finished fourth and eighth in Grade 1 races won by Eclipse Award finalist Vineyard Haven. Break Water Edison earned his first stakes victory when he powered to a 1¾-length win in the Nashua Stakes on November 2.
“He’s a very laid-back colt, he actually is an easy horse to be around and pretty much a good actor,” said Kimmel, who won the 2004 Florida Derby with Friends Lake. “He’s got a lot of class.”
Break Water Edison was bred in Kentucky by Caldara Farm. He is out of Grade 3-placed multiple stakes winner August Storm, by Storm Creek.
Laura Pepper is editorial intern for Thoroughbred Times
