Breeders' Cup: Kirstenbosch, McKinzie Street, So There She Was out of respective races
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ARCADIA, Calif. – The California-based mare Kirstenbosch and 2-year-olds McKinzie Street and So There She Was will not start in Breeders’ Cup races at Del Mar on Nov. 1-2, their trainers said on Saturday.
Kirstenbosch was withdrawn from the BC Filly and Mare Sprint on Nov. 2 after she scoped poorly following a five-furlong workout in 1:01.20 on Saturday, trainer John Sadler said.
“We didn’t like her work this morning,” Sadler said. “She had a good bit of mucous.
“She’s not ready to go the next round. We don’t feel she’s where we want her.”
Owned and bred by Keith Abrahams, Kirstenbosch is entered in the Fasig-Tipton November Sale in Kentucky on Nov. 4 as a racing or broodmare prospect.
A 5-year-old by Midnight Lute, Kirstenbosch has won 4 of 20 starts and earned $587,480.
Kirstenbosch won two stakes, including the Grade 3 Chillingworth Stakes at 6 1/2 furlongs at Santa Anita in 2023. Last November, Kirstenbosch was fifth of nine in the BC Filly and Mare Sprint at Santa Anita.
So There She Was will miss the BC Juvenile Fillies on Nov. 1, trainer Doug O’Neill said.
O’Neill said So There She Was has “a little issue.” He did not elaborate.
Owned by the Great Friends Stable and Mark Davis, So There She Was has not raced since she finished a well-beaten third in the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante on Sept. 7.
McKinzie Street will be held out of the BC Juvenile on Nov. 1 in favor of a start in the Grade 3 Bob Hope Stakes at seven furlongs at Del Mar on Nov. 17, trainer Tim Yakteen said. A long-range target is the Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity on Dec. 14.
Owned by Pierre and Leslie Amestoy and Roger Beasley, McKinzie Street has placed in two Grade 1 races – a second in the Del Mar Futurity at seven furlongs on Sept. 8, and a third in the Grade 1 American Pharoah Stakes at 1 1/16 miles at Santa Anita on Oct. 5.
- additional reporting by David Grening
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