Other Pacific Classic candidates on the work tab Monday were Euchre, who went six furlongs in 1:14 3/5, and his stablemate, Skimming, who was timed in 1:01 4/5 for five furlongs, and Forty One Carats, who went five-eighths of a mile in 1:00 3/5 with Eddie Delahoussaye up.
Stablemates General Challenge and River Keen, the respective first- and second-place finishers in last year’s Pacific Classic (gr. I), indicated their readiness for this Saturday’s renewal of the $1-million race with workouts at Del Mar Monday.River Keen, who followed his Pacific Classic effort last year with victories in the Woodward Stakes and Jockey Club Gold Cup, zipped five-eighths of a mile in :58 4/5, fastest time of the day at the distance. General Challenge went the same five furlongs in :59 1/5.