Ce Ce getting back in the swing

ARCADIA, Calif. – Ce Ce, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, has resumed a semi-regular work pattern at Santa Anita while trainer Michael McCarthy and owner-breeder Bo Hirsch consider a comeback target for the 5-year-old.

“She came out of the race breathing fire,” McCarthy said. “She’s doing super, we’ll keep all our options open.”

Ce Ce is working approximately once every 10 days, including a half-mile drill Dec. 4. Upcoming options for Ce Ce include the seven-furlong, Grade 2, $200,000 Inside Information on Jan. 29 at Gulfstream Park.

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McCarthy did not rule out stretching Ce Ce back to two turns at age 6. Before she became a top sprinter this year, she won two Grade 1 routes in 2020 – the Beholder Mile at Santa Anita and Apple Blossom at Oaklawn Park. The 2022 Beholder will be run March 5; the Apple Blossom is April 23. Ce Ce has won eight races and $1,753,100 from 16 starts.

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An idea that was not discussed is the $20 million Saudi Cup on Feb. 26, a 1 1/8-mile race around one turn at King Abdulaziz Racecourse in Saudi Arabia. In the first Saudi Cup in 2020, the mare Midnight Bisou finished second by three-quarters of a length to Maximum Security.