Gold Edge could face rematch with La Song at Keeneland

Dolphus Morrison's Gold Edge, heroine of Saturday's Grade 3

Arlington-Washington Lassie at Chicago's northwest suburban oval, came out of

her race in good order and was doing well Sunday morning, according to trainer

Lon Wiggins.

"Her legs are ice cold this morning," Wiggins said of the undefeated homebred

Eddington daughter of the Morrisons' mare Gold Spike. "She's a little tired

today but that's to be expected. We're very proud of this filly. We've made a

lot of progress with her over the last month.

"We wanted to hustle her a little bit out of the gate yesterday and then slow

her down during the first part of the race. That's just what (jockey) Chris (Emigh)

did. He timed her late move perfectly.

"We're not quite sure what's next for her but we'll probably take her to

Keeneland," Wiggins concluded. "We'll wait a few days and then come up with a

game plan."

Pataky Kid, winner of the Grade 3 Arlington-Washington Futurity on the same

program, was doing well while still on the grounds at Arlington Park Sunday

morning but the Rockport Harbor colt's trainer, Tom Proctor, had left Chicago

earlier.

Shortly after Saturday's Futurity, Proctor indicated that Keeneland's Grade 1

Breeders' Futurity on October 6 was a likely next goal for his bay juvenile.

Muppet Man, the front-running Futurity favorite who held down the place

position at the wire, also emerged unscathed, according to trainer Jimmy DiVito.

"I think he just can't get the distance," DiVito said Sunday of the

Corinthian son, "but he gave it a good go for a half-mile. If I have anything to

say about it, I'd like to keep him sprinting. I would like to take him to

California for that two-year-old sprint ($500,000 Breeders' Cup Juvenile

Sprint)."