Perfect Drift looms large in Washington Park

Grade 1 winner PERFECT DRIFT (Dynaformer) tops a field of field of seven

entered for Saturday's $300,000 Washington Park H. (G2) at Arlington Park. A

winner of more than $3.2 million and the 2003 edition of this event, the Murray

Johnson-trained gelding gets a rider change to Mark Guidry and is the 120-pound

highweight. The six-year-old finished third in the Stephen Foster H. (G1) most

recently and will break from the rail in the 1 3/16-mile Washington Park.

CRYPTOGRAPH (Cryptoclearance), winner of the 2004 Round Table S. at Arlington

and second by a nose in the Lone Star Park H. (G3) two starts back, and

Hawthorne Gold Cup (G2) victor FREEFOURINTERNET (Tabasco Cat) are the top

challengers to the likely odds-on favorite.

Following Perfect Drift in post position order is MAMBO TRAIN (Kingmambo),

E.T. Baird, 115; BILLY ALLEN (Ire) (Night Shift), Shaun Bridgmohan, 116; HOME OF

STARS (Home at Last), James Graham, 114; FANTASTICAT (Storm Cat), Eddie Martin

Jr., 115; Cryptograph, Don Pettinger, 116; and Freefourinternet, Brian

Hernandez, 113.