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Nashua: Friesan Fire tougher now, Jones says

By David Grening
Daily Racing Form

Friday, October 31, 2008

OZONE PARK, N.Y. -- If Friesan Fire has matured as much as trainer Larry Jones believes, then he'll be very tough to beat in Sunday's Grade 3, $100,000 Nashua Stakes for 2-year-old colts and geldings at Aqueduct. Coming off a sharp debut win at Delaware, Friesan Fire looked like a live longshot in the Grade 2 Futurity at Belmont on Sept. 13. He was sitting right behind the speed early under jockey Terry Thompson, but then appeared to lose a position entering the far turn and was last, though st ...

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