Artemis Agrotera about ready for comeback

ELMONT, N.Y. – Artemis Agrotera, the multiple-Grade 1-winning New York-bred filly who has not raced since last year’s Breeders’ Cup, worked a sharp five furlongs in 1:00.43 on Monday over a dull Belmont Park training track.

“That work over that track gives her pretty serious conditioning,” trainer Mike Hushion said.

It was her fifth work and her first at five furlongs since she resumed training this fall after a series of stops and starts during the summer. She has not raced since running seventh in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint on Nov. 1 at Santa Anita.

Hushion has a few options in mind for Artemis Agrotera, with one being the $150,000 Iroquois Stakes for New York-breds on Oct. 24. That could be a prelude to the Grade 3, $300,000 Go for Wand at Aqueduct on Nov. 27.

Artemis Agrotera, a daughter of Roman Ruler owned by Chester and Mary Broman, won the Grade 1 Frizette at 2 and the Grade 1 Ballerina and Grade 2 Gallant Bloom last year at 3.