Clark probables

Midway Road is one of the probables listed for the Clark on November 26  (Michael J Marten/Horsephotos.com)

Fayette S. (G3) winner MIDWAY ROAD (Jade Hunter) breezed six

furlongs in 1:13 4/5 on a fast Churchill Downs track Monday

morning for trainer Neil Howard in preparation for a possible

start in the 1 1/8-mile Clark H. (G2) on November 26. The

four-year-old colt is listed as 50-50 for next week's race.

"It was a good work," Howard said. "We're not

definite for the Clark yet. We'll wait and see."

Midway Road's stablemate, Alumni Hall (A.P. Indy), has been

taken out of contention for the $500,000 race due to an abscess

that formed on the five-year-old's neck following the Fayette, in

which he finished third. The swelling caused Howard to put Alumni

Hall's training on a brief hold.

"It was about his second day back to the track after the

race at Keeneland and then, all of the sudden, this big ball came

up on his neck to a point where we had to lance it," Howard

said. "It's okay now, but its still draining."

Those probable for the Clark include 2003 Stephen Foster H.

(G1) winner PERFECT DRIFT (Dynaformer), who finished fourth in

the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) last out; COLONIAL COLONY

(Pleasant Colony), who took this year's edition of the Foster;

Goodwood Breeders' Cup H. (G2) winner LUNDY'S LIABILITY (Candy

Stripes); Grade 2 victor EUROSILVER (Unbridled's Song); and SIR

CHEROKEE (Cherokee Run), an authoritative 5 1/4-length winner of

the Ack Ack H. (G3) on the opening weekend at Churchill.

Multiple Grade 2 winner PURGE (Pulpit), who is unraced since a

fourth-place finish in the Travers S. (G1), is considered

"likely" by trainer Todd Pletcher.