Belmont Park
Belmont Park work for Princess of Sylmar
Barbara D. Livingston Princess of Sylmar breezed a half-mile Monday in 49.78 on the Belmont training track.
Princess of Sylmar, the four-time Grade 1 winning 3-year-old filly of 2013, had her first local workout Monday morning, breezing a half-mile in 49.78 seconds over the Belmont Park training track.
Princess of Sylmar, who has been based in south Florida for most of the winter, worked inside of stablemate Violet Hour. The two broke off together and went an opening quarter-mile in 24.30 seconds. Princes of Sylmar, under Annie Finney, was going the easier of the two in the stretch and galloped out five furlongs in 1:03.75 and six furlongs in 1:19.22.
“I thought it was good; she did it all on her own,” said Byron Hughes, the New York-based assistant for trainer Todd Pletcher. “Todd said she’s been training great down there.”