Lime Rickey to Wood Memorial

LIME RICKEY (Lemon Drop Kid) will be pointed toward the $750,000 Wood

Memorial S. (G1) at Aqueduct on April 4, according to Dogwood President W.

Cothran "Cot" Campbell.

Lime Rickey has $131,107 in purse earnings from a record of 9-1-4-3. The

Kentucky-bred has run second in three consecutive grass stakes at Gulfstream

Park this winter: the Palm Beach S. (G3), Hallandale Beach S. and Dania Beach S.

The colt has yet to race on dirt, though.

"We don't know how he will take to dirt in a race, but now is the time to

find out, and the mile-and-an-eighth Wood Memorial is a spot that will test him

pretty keenly," Campbell explained.

Lime Rickey will ship to Belmont Park by air on April 1, accompanied by a

large number of other Florida horses, including some that he will likely run

against in the Wood.

"We're trying to get Javier Castellano or Cornelio Velasquez to ride our

colt," Campbell said. "If Jupiter aligns with Mars in a precise manner we could

get to the (Kentucky) Derby (G1) this year. Lime Rickey is a solid grass

specialist, but he has a dirt pedigree and is a game colt -- and if he moves up

big time he might get to Churchill Downs."

Lime Rickey is trained by Frank Alexander.