02-08-2025
Jose D'Angelo Trainees Howard Wolowitz, Bentornato Work At Saratoga
Jose D'Angelo Trainees Howard Wolowitz, Bentornato Work At Saratoga originally appeared on Paulick Report.
Abraham Gold's Howard Wolowitz posted his third work since a five-month respite when covering five-eighths in 1:01.88 on Thursday over Saratoga Race Course's Oklahoma dirt training track for trainer Jose D' son of Munnings won the Grade 1 Franklin Simpson in September at Kentucky Downs and is eyeing a return to the unique southern Kentucky racetrack for the G1 Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint on Aug. 30.'He worked pretty good and we are looking forward to working again next week. The plan is to run at Kentucky Downs on August 30,' D'Angelo said.
Howard Wolowitz was last seen finishing off-the-board in the G2 1351 Turf Sprint in February at King Abdulaziz Racecourse in Saudi Arabia, and returned to the work tab on July 13 to post a three-furlong bullet in 34.47 over the Gulfstream Park Tapeta. He returned with another bullet on July 20 when covering a half-mile in 44.36 over the same surface ahead of his move north to the Spa.'We sent him to the farm and he had some strong gallops there to get him ready for his workouts at Gulfstream,' D'Angelo said. 'I galloped him a lot at Palm Meadows to prepare for that. He worked in company both works, very good. He improved so much from the layoff, growing and maturing. He's stronger and looks so good.'
D'Angelo sent out Leon King Stable Corp.'s Bentornato for a sharp half-mile work on Friday over the Spa main track, with the 4-year-old son of Valiant Minister covering the distance in a bullet 45.01. He has posted a series of breezes at Palm Meadows and Gulfstream Park as he works his way back from a layoff dating to a runner-up finish to Straight No Chaser in the Breeders' Cup Sprint in November at Del Mar.'He worked so good today and came back OK,' D'Angelo said. 'The ultimate goal is the Breeders' Cup Sprint, so we'll probably have him ready [to race] around the last week of the meet here. We don't have a race picked yet. I want to see him more ready and then figure it out.'
Bentornato won a trio of stakes as a juvenile at Gulfstream, and posted a strong sophomore campaign that included a third to Forever Young in the G3 Saudi Derby and a win in the G2 Gallant Bob at Parx Racing ahead of his half-length defeat at the Breeders' Cup.D'Angelo also noted that stakes-winner Gabaldon, away since a third in the Texas Glitter in March at Gulfstream, is targeting the G3, $175,000 Mahony on Aug. 10 here, while Listed stakes-winner Spirited Boss is resting on the farm and G3-placed Cloe is targeting the G2 Music City on Sep. 6 at Kentucky Downs.
This story was originally reported by Paulick Report on Aug 1, 2025, where it first appeared.
