Nafzger mulls launching pad for Street Sense

Champion juvenile Street Sense continues to gear up for his sophomore bow (Deborah Kral/Horsephotos.com)

Trainer Carl Nafzger is pleased with last year's champion juvenile male

STREET SENSE (Street Cry [Ire]), who drilled five furlongs in 1:00 4/5 at Palm

Meadows on Sunday, as he continues to ponder several possible starting points on

the road to the Triple Crown. Last seen powering to a 10-length victory in the

November 4 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1), the dark bay colt was posting his fifth

official work in advance of his sophomore debut.

"He came back good," Nafzger said later Sunday afternoon. "So far he looks

like everything went well. He finished strong. I don't know what they got for

his final three-eighths, but he looked strong doing it. He hit it right.

"The track probably wasn't particularly fast this morning," he continued.

"But don't get me wrong -- it was an excellent track. It was an absolutely

wonderful track. It may turn out that it was deep enough that he gets even more

out of the work than we expected."

As far as choosing a spot for Street Sense's three-year-old bow, Nafzger

pointed out that every weekend in March offers many stakes options. One

possibility on the radar screen is the $150,000 Hutcheson S. (G2) at Gulfstream

Park on March 3.

"I don't think we'll know in a couple days (where his first race will be),"

Nafzger said. "I might not know for two weeks."