Sing Baby Sing looks sharp

Sing Baby Sing is ready to run. The stakes winner had the best work of the morning at Lone Star Park, going five furlongs in 59.80. I didn’t have him on my watch, but Rick Lee, the assistant clocker, said he caught Sing Baby Sing going the final quarter-mile in 23.87.

Salt Mine flashed some speed out of the gate, going 35.52 for the opening three-eighths and 48.07 after a half-mile, for trainer Gilbert Ciavaglia. And that was against a strong wind.

Sound Stage might be OK after all. The son of Dynaformer has raced twice on turf and hasn’t shown much. But his trainer, Donnie Von Hemel, is a model of patience, and I suspect he’ll bring the colt around. Sound Stage worked an easy half-mile this morning in 50.20 while well off the rail, and he ran the final quarter-mile in 24.52.