Tom’s Ready Set for Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile

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Tom’s Ready on to Breeders’ Cup

GMB Racing’s Tom’s Ready (More Than Ready) exited his win in Saturday’s GIII Ack Ack S. in fine shape and remains on target for the Nov. 4 GI Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile.

“He cooled out good and came back from the race really well,” said trainer Dallas Stewart’s assistant Bentley Combs. “[He] ate up well [Sunday] morning and he walked around real fresh [Sunday] morning, too. It looks like we’ll keep on going with him.”

The Stewart barn was represented by two graded stakes winners Saturday. Some 30 minutes after Tom’s Ready’s victory, Forever Unbridled (Unbridled’s Song) splashed home first in the GI Beldame S. at Belmont Park. The 4-year-old filly is expected to make her next start in the Nov. 4 GI Breeders’ Cup Distaff.

“They came back real good,” Stewart said while en route from New York back to Kentucky. “Now we’re just trying to get the Breeders’ Cup, so we’ll be training up, hopefully do a good job and go get the money.”

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GMB Racing’s Tom’s Ready was doing well Oct. 2, the morning after defeating champion sprinterRunhappy in the Ack Ack Stakes (gr. III) at Churchill Downs and is set to make his next start in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I) Nov. 4 at Santa Anita Park.

“He cooled out good and came back from the race really well,” said trainer Dallas Stewart’s assistant Bentley Combs. “(He) ate up well (Sunday) morning and he walked around real fresh (Sunday) morning, too. It looks like we’ll keep on going with him.””Everyone’s happy this morning,” Combs said. “Good energy is a good way to put it. I don’t know how else to describe it. We’re happy for both of them. I think Runhappy ran a nice race, but I think we can beat him again.”

Stewart, who was on his way back from saddling the now dual grade I winner Forever Unbridled in New York, spoke highly of both horses’ efforts.

“They came back real good,” Stewart said. “Now we’re just trying to get to the Breeders’ Cup, so we’ll be training up, hopefully do a good job, and go get the money.”

The Ack Ack was the second graded stakes victory for Tom’s Ready, who won the Woody Stephens (gr. III) at Belmont Park June 11. Prior to that he was 12th in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI).