Beholder works toward Adoration Stakes

ARCADIA, Calif. – Beholder, the two-time champion who missed a scheduled start in the $300,000 Vanity Stakes on May 9 because of illness, worked five furlongs in 1:01 on Thursday.

The workout was the first for Beholder since a half-mile breeze May 5.

“She wanted to do a lot more than that,” trainer Richard Mandella said.

Beholder was found to have an elevated temperature in the days before the Vanity, leading to her withdrawal from that race. The illness proved to be minor, Mandella said.

Owned by B. Wayne Hughes, Beholder was the champion 2-year-old filly of 2012 and champion 3-year-old filly of 2013. She has won 11 of 16 starts and earned $3,416,600.

Beholder has started once this year, winning the restricted Santa Lucia Stakes on April 10. Mandella considers Beholder to be a candidate for the $100,000 Adoration Stakes for fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles on the main track June 13.