Coasted getting in shape for 3-year-old debut

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Coasted was one of the surprise stories of last year’s Breeders’ Cup, finishing a fast-closing second while beaten just a half-length by New Money Honey in the Juvenile Fillies Turf.

Coasted was sent to Florida for the winter by trainer Leah Gyarmati, and after a brief freshening is slowly starting to work her way back into shape for her 3-year-old campaign. She turned in her fifth in a series of works over the Gulfstream Park main track Tuesday, going four furlongs in 50.25 seconds in company before galloping out five-eighths in 1:03.50 with Gyarmati flying down for the day to oversee the drill.

Coasted, a daughter of Tizway owned by Treadway Racing Stables, was a stakes winner at 2, capturing the P.G. Johnson at Saratoga in her third start.

“She went five furlongs in her previous work and it looked like it took her a couple of days to bounce back, which is why I backed her down to a half this week,” Gyarmati said shortly before catching a flight back to New York on Tuesday afternoon. “Right now, I’m undecided about where she might start back.”

The first local option for Coasted could be the Grade 3 Herecomesthebride at 1 1/16 miles on March 4.