Belmont Stakes (G1) and Travers Stakes (G1) Winner ARCANGELO breezed five furlongs in 1:03.25 and galloped out six furlongs in 1:13.13 over the Oklahoma training track at Saratoga on Friday.

“Everything was good,” trainer Jena Antonucci said. “It was what we were looking for, it was just a maintenance work today. It’s too soon for serious stuff. He had one previous breeze after [the Travers] and this one is just maintaining bottom line fitness for him.“

Regular jockey Javier Castellano was aboard the Blue Rose Farm colt for the move, which was the gray colt’s final work before shipping to California on Wednesday to begin final preparations for the November 4th Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Santa Anita Park.

Antonucci said she was pleased that Castellano made the trip to Saratoga for the breeze:

“I think it was important for Javier as he knows our next move is out to California and that will make it harder for him. He and [exercise rider] Robert [Mallari] have a very good relationship and can communicate very well about how the horse is doing and feeling. I think it was good for everybody to let Javier get a good feel of him after the Travers and make sure he was happy with where everything is.”

Antonucci, who is currently in Florida where she has a number of horses entered at Gulfstream Park, watched video of the ARCANGELO Friday breeze, his second since the Travers.

Previously, he worked a half-mile in :47.62 on September 12th over the Saratoga main track.

Antonucci went on to say; “ARCANGELO continues to mature and take his work very seriously. I think he’s enjoying it and having a lot of fun with everything. Our focus is that he maintains that mind set and is thriving in what we’re asking of him.”

“He’s a tall drink of water and you can physically see he continues to put more body on and hasn’t lost weight with the races. So he’ll just continue to mature out as he’s supposed to do.”