Pletcher discusses wintering plans for some stable stars

Surfing U S A sailed to an easy win at Aqueduct on Saturday (Jessie Holmes/EquiSport Photos)

Todd Pletcher started 14 horses at Aqueduct on Saturday and
won three races, including the Grade 2 Demoiselle with Stopchargingmaria. On
Sunday, the trainer discussed plans for many of the horses in that group.

Pletcher said Stopchargingmaria and Demoiselle second-place
finisher Got Lucky will go to Palm Meadows in Florida to prepare for their
three-year-old seasons. Lexi Morgan, fourth in the Demoiselle, will remain in New
York.

In the Cigar Mile, Pletcher sent out third-place finisher
Verrazano, sixth-place finisher Forty Tales and 10th-place finisher Capo Bastone.

“I believe Capo Bastone and Forty Tales will get a break,” Pletcher explained.
“With Verrazano I haven’t had the chance to talk to anyone from (the ownership
groups of Let’s Go Stable and Michael Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier and Derrick
Smith) to know what he is doing.”

Heading to Florida are Intense Holiday, who was fourth in the Grade
2 Remsen, and Teen Pauline, third-place finisher in the Grade 3 Comely. Master Lightning
and Galloping Giraffe, fifth in the Remsen and Comely, respectively, will remain in
New York, according to Pletcher.

The trainer swept the pair of maiden special weights for
two-year-olds on Saturday’s card, winning with Dame Dorothy, a Bernardini filly who debuted a
half-length winner, and Surfing U S A, a Roman Ruler colt who prevailed by 2 1/4 lengths in
his second start.