Dutrow looking forward to Juvenile with Boys at Tosconova

"We expected him to run well," Siegel said, "but we didn't expect that."

Dutrow, looking down the road, was in no hurry to hustle Boys at Tosconova

back to the races. He waited another two months before unleashing the colt on

just three opponents in the seven-furlong Hopeful at Saratoga on September 6,

when Boys at Tosconova glided past his rivals to an effortless 1 3/4-length win

in 1:23 1/5.

"In their races, I don't want my horses to do anything they don't have to

do," Dutrow said. "His race in the Hopeful was very workmanlike, just beautiful.

I didn't see that he was asked to run at all by Ramon (Dominguez); he just

galloped past the other horses, which is what I wanted."

Once again, Dutrow elected to give Boys at Tosconova another lengthy break,

and the colt has continued to impress his trainer, jockey and those who get on

him in the mornings with both his attitude and his works, including a

six-furlong move in 1:10 4/5 at Aqueduct on October 14.

"I can't believe we are so lucky to have a horse like this," the trainer

said.

"I've never had a two-year-old like him. He loves being a young little

racehorse. He's like a young punk -- he thinks he's all that. And we're not

going to straighten him out, either. He wants to go out and show everyone how

good he is every day."

Boys at Tosconova will get that chance at Churchill Downs in the 1 1/16-mile

Juvenile, which will be his first start around two turns, and first in which he

will take on more than seven opponents, likely among them Champagne S. (G1)

winner UNCLE MO (Indian Charlie), Hopeful runner-up STAY THIRSTY (Bernardini)

and Norfolk S. (G1) winner JAYCITO (Victory Gallop).

"It is two turns, which we're not afraid of, and you would think the

competition is going to be tougher than what he's faced so far," Dutrow said.

"We really don't know what's around the corner. But if he stays the way he is

now, we are going to be so excited to see him run. We can't wait to find out."