In Trouble all clear in Futurity

Corfu held on for second, a length over third-place finisher Big Sugar Soda,

who was sixth lengths ahead of Financial Mogul in fourth. Sound of Freedom

brought up the rear. The Sanford winner Wired Bryan was scratched from the race

after capturing the New York Breeders' Futurity at Finger Lakes on Saturday

night.

"He kind of stumbled leaving there," said Todd Pletcher, trainer of Corfu.

"The ground broke away from him a little bit and it took him a minute to get his

legs back underneath him, but he finished up pretty well. Second-best. A very

solid effort. We were pleased with his try."

In Trouble stopped the teletimer in 1:09 3/5 for the six-furlong test over

the fast main track and paid his backers $7 to win as 5-2 second choice.

"He broke really sharp, and I'd rather be outside dictating when we can move

than be inside and be under someone else who can force us," Rocco said. "It

worked out when I saw I could get behind (Corfu) and get outside of him, that's

when I went outside and did it. So we had options. I didn't pull him back; I

just didn't ask him any more. He was very gentle to rate and did it kindly."

The son of Tiz Wonderful was coming off a win in his racing debut at Saratoga

on August 10 and now has $168,000 in lifetime earnings from two career starts.

"Part of the plan was, once we got by today, was on to the (Grade 2,

$200,000) Nashua (on November 3) at Aqueduct," Dutrow said.

Bred in Kentucky by Joseph Duffel, In Trouble is out of the Grand Slam mare

Ballpark Butterfly. His granddam is multiple stakes scorer Miss Lady Bug, who is

a half-sister to stakes winner Belle of Paducah.

In Trouble RNA'd as a weanling for $14,000 at the Keeneland November sale. He

sold as a yearling for $15,000 at the Fasig Tipton Kentucky Fall sale and then sold

again as a two-year-old in training for $120,000 at the OBS Spring sale.

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