Beholder looks strong in return to full training

ARCADIA, Calif. – Beholder, the two-time champion, is in full training at Santa Anita and drawing rave reviews from Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella.

“She looks better than ever,” Mandella said.

Reminded that Beholder was the champion 2-year-old filly of 2012 and the champion 3-year-old filly of 2013, Mandella reiterated his position.
“I’m telling you, she looks better than ever,” he said. “She looks bigger and stronger.”

Beholder has been galloping in recent days, and is several months from a comeback race. She missed the Breeders’ Cup Distaff here last October because of illness. Owned by B. Wayne Hughes, Beholder, 5, has won 10 of 15 starts and earned $3,368,300. By Henny Hughes, Beholder won the 2012 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies and the 2013 BC Distaff.