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Notonthesamepage bound for Fountain of Youth Trainer Wesley Ward gave the thumbs-up sign at Gulfstream Park Sunday morning, one day after NOTONTHESAMEPAGE (Catienus) rolled to a near record-setting victory in the Spectacular Bid S. The Ken and Sarah Ramsey Kentucky-homebred will now begin preparing for the Fountain of Youth S. (G2), to be run at one mile on February 28. "He's doing great this morning," Ward said. "I always like to give horses some time after a big run. That was a big run yesterday. The Fountain of Youth will be great for him at a mile." Notonthesamepage had lost three straight stakes to close out his two-year-old campaign. Respiratory bleeding problems became progressively worse as Ward tried the colt at longer distances, culminating in a last-place finish in the 1 1/16-mile Breeders' Futurity (G1) at Keeneland on October 4. The chestnut showed no signs of those problems on Saturday, rolling to an 8 1/4-length victory under jockey Elvis Trujillo in 1:08.48, just missing the track record for six furlongs by .02 of a second. "I'd always thought of him as a really good sprinter," Ward added, "but once he got those problems behind him, he's just started training so well. The Fountain of Youth lets us stretch him out and see how far he wants to go." The other big winner on Saturday's Gulfstream card, DELIGHTFUL KISS (Kissin Kris), was reported in good condition following his strong performance in the Hal's Hope H. (G3). "He stood under a hose for about 45 minutes yesterday after the race and ate up all his dinner," trainer Pete Anderson said. "The day he doesn't eat up is the day I'll call 10 veterinarians to come check him out. He's been more than good to me." Delightful Kiss' likely next start comes in the Sunshine Millions Classic at Gulfstream on January 24, where the gray gelding will try to improve his record at the Hallandale, Florida, venue to three-for-three. As a three-year-old, he scored an allowance win at the track and would later go on to take the Ohio Derby (G2) and Iowa Derby. He ran another good campaign in 2008, scoring in the All American S. (G3) and Turfway Park Fall Championship (G3) as well as placing second to Einstein (Brz) (Spend a Buck) in the Clark H. (G2) at Churchill Downs in his start prior to the Hal's Hope.
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