Dr. Schivel Targets True North After Comeback Win
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Dr. Schivel wins an allowance race at Santa Anita Park
After a sharp comeback win off a 14-month layoff, California-based sprinter Dr. Schivel will take his talents to New York for the June 10 $250,000 True North Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park.
Trained by Mark Glatt, Dr. Schivel earned a career-best 105 Beyer Speed Figure when defeating fellow millionaire C Z Rocket —second in Saturday's Triple Bend Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park—by 4 1/4 lengths in a six-furlong allowance contest May 13 at Santa Anita. The win was the 5-year-old son of Violence 's first start since finishing third in the Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) in March of 2022.
"We were really happy with it. We didn't expect that, but he did it and he came back well, so now we're seriously looking at the True North," Glatt said.
Dr. Schivel, owned by Red Baron's Barn, Rancho Temescal, Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, and co-breeder William A. Branch, was a grade 1 winner at 2 and 3 at Del Mar when he captured the 2020 Del Mar Futurity and defeated older horses in the following year's Bing Crosby Stakes.
"(Dr. Schivel) just needed time. I've had him now for some time and he just gets a little jammed up at times," Glatt said of the lengthy hiatus. "He's a good horse and we just take good care of him. When he starts getting a little jammed up, we've got to give him time and he tells us when he's ready to start doing things again."