'Train profits from cutback in trip in Miracle Wood

"The horse broke sharp," Ferrer said. "He just found himself on the backside.

I just wanted to keep him close and put a little pressure. I didn't want (the

leader) to go too easy in front. I saw that good horse go to the front. I

thought, 'what is going on, is the pace going to be slow or something, I should

be in front of him,' but what can I do for me?"

Trained by William Anderson, J J's Lucky Train was coming off a runner-up

effort to the well-regarded Toby's Corner (Bellamy Road) in the February 5

Whirlaway S. at Aqueduct, and two starts ago, he had likewise been second to

Monzon (Thunder Gulch) in the January 1 Count Fleet S. at the same venue. Hence

the dark bay colt was cutting back in trip to one turn here, a move that enabled

him to record his first stakes victory. Claimed for $40,000 off his debut win at

Monmouth last summer, he sports a record of 7-4-2-0, $137,000.

"He ran real good races," Anderson said of his recent starts, "but I thought

a step up against the real top horses at a mile and a sixteenth or longer might

be a little beyond his limits. His sire won the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) and he

has a lot of speed. (The Triple Crown series) might be beyond his limitations.

It's not a definite no, we'll see."

Anderson added that J J's Lucky Train would return to Aqueduct for the

seven-furlong Bay Shore S. (G3) on April 9.

J J's Lucky Train was bred by EICO Stable in Kentucky and sold for $35,000 as

a two-year-old in training at Fasig-Tipton Midlantic. Out of the Grade 3-placed

stakes winner Delta Sensation (Thunder Gulch), he comes from the family of Grade

2 winner Mach Ride (Pentelicus), Grade 3 scorers Whimsy (Maria's Mon) and Bay to

Bay (Sligo Bay [Ire]) and current stakes-winning sophomore filly Alexandra Rylee

(Afleet Alex).