American Gal likely to race once more before BC Filly and Mare Sprint
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DEL MAR, Calif. – American Gal, the winner of the Grade 1 Test Stakes last Saturday at Saratoga, likely will have one start prior to her main goal, the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint here Nov. 4, trainer Simon Callaghan said Thursday.
Callaghan said the L.A. Woman Stakes during the fall meeting at Santa Anita was the lone local option. Otherwise, he would have to ship out of town, perhaps to Keeneland or Belmont Park.
“She’s back here, looks great,” Callaghan said. “She takes these journeys really well.”
Callaghan said he’d even consider training American Gal straight into the Breeders’ Cup, but his inclination is to run once more.
“I wouldn’t be opposed to that,” he said of going straight into the Breeders’ Cup. “But if she looks well when we pick her work back up, I’d probably want to run once more. She does seem to bounce out of her races pretty quick.”
American Gal is 2 for 2 this year. She won the Grade 3 Victory Ride at Belmont Park in her prior start.
◗ The charity Segs4Vets, which provides Segways for disabled military veterans, will be holding a fundraiser at the track Saturday. Lori and Chuck Allen, co-owners of the filly Skye Diamonds, who runs in the Rancho Bernardo Handicap on Sunday, are among those overseeing the event. Information: segs4vets.org
