Eagles Flight back on work tab with hopes of returning for winter-spring meet
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Eagles Flight, a 3-year-old half-brother to 2022 Horse of the Year Flightline, has resumed workouts for the first time since early June with the hope he can resume his career at the Santa Anita winter-spring meeting that begins on Dec. 26.
Trained by John Sadler, Eagles Flight worked three furlongs in 35 seconds at Santa Anita on Thursday. On Oct. 10, the colt worked a quarter-mile in 23.20 seconds.
“He’s going to work every Thursday going into Santa Anita,” Sadler said.
Eagles Flight, a colt by Curlin, has raced once, winning a six-furlong maiden race by a comfortable 2 3/4 lengths at Santa Anita on May 27. Eagles Flight was taken out of training in June.
“He needed a little time off,” Sadler said. “It wasn’t anything major. Now he’s coming back very well. Obviously, the barn is excited about him.
“We’re anxious to get him back to the races. It was a nice work today.”
Eagles Flight is owned by Jane Lyon’s Summer Wind Equine, Hronis Racing, and W.S. Farish, and was bred by Lyon.
Flightline was unbeaten in six starts in a brief career in 2021 and 2022, concluding with a win in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland.
Also on Thursday, Nooni, a candidate for the BC Juvenile Fillies at Del Mar on Nov. 1, worked five furlongs in a quick 59.60 seconds at Santa Anita. Trained by Bob Baffert for Zedan Racing, Nooni was second by 2 1/4 lengths to stablemate Non Compliant in the Grade 2 Oak Leaf Stakes at 1 1/16 miles at Santa Anita on Oct. 5.
At Del Mar’s summer meeting, Nooni won the Grade 3 Sorrento Stakes at six furlongs and finished fifth of seven at 4-5 in the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante at seven furlongs after dueling for the lead.
By Win Win Win, Nooni was purchased for $1.8 million at the Ocala Breeders’ Sale of 2-year-olds in-training in March, the most expensive hip of the auction.
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