Tale of Ekati to the Jerome

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Tale of Ekati, the Wood Memorial winner, worked five furlongs in 1:00.72 over Belmont's main track and will make his next start in the Grade 2, $150,000 Jerome Breeders' Cup Handicap going a mile here Oct. 5. Tale of Ekati is coming off a seventh-place finish in the Travers at 1 1/4 miles.

"Edgar [Prado] thinks he's a little bit better going a little bit shorter as opposed to a little bit longer, so we decided to shorten him up to a mile," Smullen said.

Really? He made middle moves and then retreated in six of seven two-turn races. Now you finally decide to cut him back to one turn when Edgar mentions something about distance?

Everything they've done with this horse since the Derby has been mind-boggling. I'm hoping he still has enough left in the tank to be as effective around one turn as I think he could've been.