Trainer Jack Sisterson said Calumet Farms’ Bon Raison could ship to Belmont Park for next Saturday’s Grade 2, $150,000 Kelso going a one-turn mile over the main track.
The veteran of 42 starts was tenth last out in the Grade 3 Runhappy Turf Sprint on September 12 at Kentucky Downs. He was claimed for $80,000 two starts back from former trainer David Cannizzo after finishing third in a 6 ½-furlong optional claiming event on July 23 at Saratoga.
“The Kelso is still a possibility, but we’ll see how he breezes this weekend and see how he trains out of that. Nothing is confirmed, and we haven’t ruled anything out,” Sisterson said.
Initially campaigned by Calumet Farm when under the care of former trainer Todd Pletcher, the son of Raison d’Etat passed through the stables of five other trainers before being claimed by Sisterson in July. A winner of ten starts, Bon Raison won last year’s Tale of the Cat in July at Saratoga, eight starts after capturing the Peeping Tom going 6 ½ furlongs at Aqueduct, while being conditioned by Carlos Martin.
A Kentucky homebred, Bon Raison is out of the French Deputy broodmare Padmore, who produced stakes winners Leigh Court, Flying Scotsman, and Barracks Road. He has secured lifetime earnings of $606,504.
