Undefeated in two starts, both on the turf, including Saturday’s $100,000 Pasadena Stakes at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., sophomore colt Rock Your World could be headed to dirt to chase points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. According to drf.com, trainer John Sadler is interested in running the son of Candy Ride in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 3.
“We’ll be looking at the Santa Anita Derby,” Sadler confirmed to the DRF. “The spacing is good, the distance is good, and we feel he’ll thrive going even farther. We’ll see how March treats us.”
A $650,000 yearling purchase at the Keeneland September sale, Rock Your World is out of the multiple stakes-winning and Grade 1-placed Empire Maker mare Charm the Maker. The mare won her two stakes races on the synthetic, but is a half-sister to G2 winner on the turf, Liam the Charmer.
Read more at the Daily Racing Form.
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