OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Book’em Danno, dominant winner of Sunday’s off-the-turf Futurity Stakes at Aqueduct, will likely have one more start this year but where and on what surface is yet to be determined. The Futurity, when scheduled for six furlongs on turf, was billed as a Breeders’ Cup Challenge race, meaning the winner got a fees-paid berth into the Juvenile Turf Sprint plus a $10,000 travel stipend. This year’s Breeders’ Cup will be held at Santa Anita on Nov. 3-4. Typically, when there is a surface switch regarding a Breeders’ Cup Challenge race it no longer is a Win and You’re In. A Breeders’ Cup panel was scheduled to meet Monday to discuss whether or not to restore the Win and You’re In status to the Futurity, according to a Breeders’ Cup spokesman. :: Bet with the Best! Get Free DRF PPs and Cashback when you wager. Join DRF Bets. Derek Ryan, trainer of Book’em Danno, said that if the Futurity does award an automatic berth into the Juvenile Turf Sprint, he and owner Jay Briscione “will think about it.” If not, then Book’em Danno will have option of trying turf for the first time in a race like the $120,000 Atlantic Beach at six furlongs on Nov. 4 at Aqueduct or remain on dirt in the $150,000 Nashua Stakes going one mile on Nov. 5. “We’ll go in one or the other, I’ll see whatever one fits him the best,” Ryan said. “I don’t think he’ll have any trouble stretching out.” Book’em Danno, a New Jersey-bred son of Bucchero, is 3 for 3 after his 6 1/2-length win in the Futurity, in which he stalked dueling leaders, was tipped out wide by Jose Ortiz in the stretch, and cruised home a pretty handy winner despite drifting in toward the rail in the stretch. Book’em Danno earned an 84 Beyer Speed Figure for the performance. Before the Futurity, Book’em Danno won a New Jersey-bred maiden race by 9 1/2 lengths on Aug. 12 and the Smoke Glacken, an open-company six-furlong stakes on Aug. 12 at Monmouth. Ryan typically winters at Tampa Bay Downs, and that’s where Book’em Danno figures to go following his next race. Book’em Danno’s success has helped sustain Ryan as his stable has shrunk to 11 horses. He has only three 2-year-olds. Last Wednesday at Aqueduct, Two’s a Crowd won a maiden $30,000 claiming race for Ryan and Briscione. “The numbers are down since Covid,” Ryan said. “I was getting ready to quit. It’s hard to come in here every morning and look at bad horses.” On Thursday at Aqueduct, Ryan will send out Lost My Sock in a first-level allowance scheduled for six furlongs on turf. Lost My Sock, a daughter of Tourist, sprung a 51-1 upset when she debuted over Aqueduct’s turf in December 2021. She hasn’t won since. “She’s been a bit unlucky, drawing the one hole several times and getting blocked,” Ryan said. “We’ve been on a roll with the Ortiz brothers, hopefully they can figure it out.” Irad Ortiz Jr., who rode Two’s a Crowd to victory last week, rides Love My Sock from post 9 in a full field of 12. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.