Sunland Park
Ashland Stakes, Fair Grounds Oaks next-race options for Mopotism
Coady Photography Mopotism, winner of the Island Fashion Stakes at Sunland Park, will head to Kentucky or Louisiana for her next stakes.
Mopotism, who won the local prep for the Sunland Oaks, the Island Fashion, has a couple of options for her next start, trainer Doug O’Neill said Tuesday. Mopotism ran third in the Grade 1 Starlet at Santa Anita as a juvenile last year.
“It looks like she’ll be pointed for the Ashland or Fair Grounds Oaks,” O’Neill said. “It’s just really whatever is in her best interest.”
O’Neill said he would be meeting with owner Paul Reddam to determine what direction to take with Mopotism. The Grade 1, $500,000 Ashland is April 8 at Keeneland, and the Grade 2, $400,000 Fair Grounds Oaks is April 1.
Mopotism, by Uncle Mo, ran second to division heavyweight Unique Bella in the Grade 2 Las Virgenes at Santa Anita one start before taking the Island Fashion.
