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Breeders' Cup Classic contender Flat Out sharp in workout

David Grening|Oct 17, 2013

Barbara D. Livingston Last year, Flat Out became just the 10th horse in history to win back-to-back runnings of the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park.

Flat Out, third in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic, worked five furlongs in 1:01.38 over the Oklahoma training track in preparation for a return trip to the Classic.

Saratoga clockers timed Flat Out in 12.66 for the first eighth, 24.76 for the quarter, 48.06 for a half-mile, and had him galloping out six furlongs in 1:15.49.

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“I thought he went pretty well,” trainer Bill Mott said. “He came home really quick, but he had a good wind at his back. I think he’s doing great.”

Mott said that Slumber, a horse he was at one time considering for the Breeders’ Cup Turf, has been re-routed to the Canadian International at Woodbine.

Mott also said that Emollient, winner of the Spinster Stakes at Keeneland last out, will be pre-entered for the Filly and Mare Turf.

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