One of these days, trainer Jorge Delgado hopes to try Super Chow on the turf. Despite his best intentions, Sunday wasn’t that day – and it turned out to be a good thing.

Super Chow moved closer to becoming a millionaire and kept his nearly-flawless off-track record intact, splashing to a 1¾-length victory in the $95,000 Get Serious Stakes at Monmouth Park.

Though the field was reduced to just four starters after there were seven scratches when the five-furlong dash was taken off the grass, it was brimming with speed. But Super Chow, a 5-year-old son of Lord Nelson, was able to take back after River Dog insisted on having the lead, sitting off the flanks of that one until jockey Chantal Sutherland gave the cue to go around the turn.

The winning time for the five furlongs over a sloppy/sealed track was :58.05.

Super Chow improved his wet track record to four wins and a second from five races on the off-going.

“This was the second attempt where we tried to run him on the grass and both times it came off,” said Delgado. “But I think this horse can run on any surface. It turned out to be a good thing when the track came up sloppy because he is almost perfect in the slop.”

A multiple graded stakes winner, Super Chow was all speed early in his career. Now he has shown he can take back if tactically necessary.

“Sometimes the smaller fields are more difficult than the big fields because it is more difficult to plan,” said Delgado. “I think Chantal knows the horse very well. She had two plans in her mind. Even if she broke well and the other horse (River Dog) wanted to go, she knew she could sit off that horse. That’s what she did.

“He has a little bit of that mentality where he can take back now. We know he has that dimension. He can go from the beginning but if you want to wait a little with him you can.”

Owned by Lea Farms, Super Chow sports an 11-4-6 line from 27 career starts. He pushed his career earnings to $957,146.

River Dog, a recent claim for trainer Claudio Gonzalez, rushed to the lead at the break, even after Super Chow had it briefly. That’s when Sutherland decided to take back slightly.

“He loves the slop so it turned out to be a blessing that the race was taken off the turf because of the slop,” said Sutherland. “We figured out of the gate that (River Dog) was going to go. I just wanted to break good and go from there. I didn’t want to get into a duel. He broke good and he had the lead quickly but the other horse wanted the lead so I let him have it. I wanted to be on the outside. That was the plan. It actually worked out amazing, exactly what we had thought.”

Fourth in the Mr. Prospector Stakes at Monmouth Park on May 26, Super Chow was wheeled back for Get Serious Stakes off just 20 days. He proved to be as sharp as ever.

“He was very responsive to me in the stretch,” said Sutherland. “Throw out the Dubai race (two starts ago). He missed the break and had never taken dirt like that in his life. I love how he responded today. I can sit, I can go. As he is getting older he is getting better at being taken back.”

Super Chow returned $4.60 to win.

Downtownchalybrown rallied for second, three-quarters of a length in front of River Dog.

Monmouth Park expands to a three-day racing schedule starting next weekend, when Fridays are added. First race post time on Fridays will be 2 p.m.