SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - White Abarrio’s dominant victory in Saturday’s Grade 1 Whitney Stakes earned him an expense-paid trip to the Breeders’ Cup Classic in November, and trainer Rick Dutrow said Sunday that the 4-year-old colt will be among the first to arrive at Santa Anita to prepare for the event. “I want to get there as quickly as I can, as soon as they reopen Santa Anita, I want him to go there,” Dutrow said Sunday. “I think it’s best for him to get the job done.” The Santa Anita backstretch is expected to re-open in early September for the fall meet that begins Sept. 29. Dutrow reiterated Sunday that White Abarrio will not run again before the Classic. Dutrow, who has had only White Abarrio in his barn since May, believes the horse does his best running with two to three months between starts. :: Get Saratoga Clocker Reports from Mike Welsch and the Clocker Team. Available every race day.  “I looked at his [past performances], when he had time between races he was very live, he ran big,” Dutrow said. White Abarrio had 98 days between an allowance race at Gulfstream and the Metropolitan Handicap, in which he ran third behind Cody’s Wish. He had 56 days between the Met and the Whitney, a race in which he stalked the early pace of Giant Game and went on to win by 6 1/4 lengths. He earned a career-best 110 Beyer Speed Figure. Now, the question will be whether he can get the 1 1/4 miles of the Classic. The only time he tried 1 1/4 miles, White Abarrio finished 16th in the Kentucky Derby. “He ran an impressive race, so I just have to see if he can get that extra eighth of a mile,” Dutrow said. “It’s worth the risk and everything that’s at stake - the money, maybe best older horse, if he could do that.” Cody’s Wish was viewed as the best older dirt horse in training entering the Whitney. He was unproven at 1 1/8 miles, however, and trainer Bill Mott had suspicions based on previous unsuccessful attempts going beyond one mile that the horse could be at a disadvantage in the Whitney. Cody’s Wish, as usual, broke a bit slow, but Mott doesn’t believe that cost him the race. “Going that distance, he hits the turn, they just don’t make the same electric run that they do going a shorter distance,” Mott said. “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the horse. My suspicions were valid … All they were were suspicions, I’m basing that off the race we saw at Tampa, where a very good horse [Scalding] beat him - but still beat him - at a mile and a sixteenth. “So now you have to justify in your mind why the hell did I run him there,” Mott said of the Whitney. “Well, he’s on a roll, he’s a year older, he’s more developed, he’s more seasoned and coming off a good mile race you think maybe he really can do it. But he didn’t.” Mott said Cody’s Wish will be pointed toward the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, a race he won last year. Mott said the Grade 2, $250,000 Vosburgh, a seven-furlong race at Aqueduct on Sept. 30, could be where Cody’s Wish runs next. Zandon, runner-up to Cody’s Wish in the Met Mile, was also second in the Whitney. “The winner was super impressive,” trainer Chad Brown said. “I’m very pleased he was able to beat the rest for second although frustrated he hasn’t been able to break through and have his big win. He is a very consistent horse, I’ll give him that.” Brown said he hasn’t made any plans for Zandon’s next start. - additional reporting by Mike Welsch :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.