Bayern travel plans set; Irish You Well taking shot at Haskell

Bayern travel plans set; Irish You Well taking shot at

Haskell

Bayern, who whistled to a 7 1/2 length victory in the seven-furlong Woody

Stephens on Belmont Stakes Day, has won three of his six starts for owner Kaleem

Shah Inc. He won his debut on January 4 of this year and took an entry level

allowance next out in February, both at Santa Anita. After a third-place finish

in the Arkansas Derby he put his nose down first in the Derby Trial only to be

disqualified to second. He followed that up with a start in the Preakness and

then his dominating score in the Woody Stephens.

Irish You Well, who took the Long Branch over the Monmouth strip on July 5,

has been stabled at the track since May. As a maiden he took on graded stakes

company, finishing third in the Illinois Derby at Hawthorne and the Peter Pan at

Belmont Park.

"He's been there for quite a while and he loves the track there," said

trainer Wayne Catalano, who conditions Irish You Well for Donegal Racing. "He

broke his maiden on it and has been training well over it.

"He was third behind Tonalist and Commissioner in the Peter Pan and they went

on to be one-two in the Belmont, so he deserves his shot."

Irish You Well will get a new rider in Jose Lezcano in the Haskell, as that

duo will face a field that is expected to include the filly Untapable as well as

Albano, Encryption, Just Call Kenny, Medal Count, Social Inclusion and Wildcat

Red. The field for this year's 47th renewal of the Haskell will be drawn at noon

(EDT) on Thursday.

"There is no question that it's a tough, touch race," Catalano said. "This is

a big test for him, but he's been over that surface and he's been running well

so everybody wants to give it a shot."

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