Broadway Venus to get break after no stakes races at Santa Anita

In winning the season’s first 2-year-old race for fillies at Santa Anita on May 3, Broadway Venus became the third debut winner from five runners produced by the mare Star of Munster.

Broadway Venus also is the first 2-year-old winner to go on vacation. Due to an absence of local opportunities, she was sent to a layup facility for a month of downtime.

“There are no options,” trainer Ryan Hanson said. “If you win a 2-year-old maiden race [in spring], the next chance for California-breds is not until Aug. 4 at Del Mar. It’s a big problem we have out here.”

The CTBA Stakes for California-bred 2-year-old fillies on Aug. 4 is a likely target for Broadway Venus.

Neither the Fasig-Tipton Futurity nor Fasig-Tipton Debutante at Santa Anita were scheduled this spring. This is the first Santa Anita spring meet without a juvenile stakes since 2018, and the second since Hollywood Park closed in 2014.

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