Fahan Mura pointing for Buena Vista

ARCADIA, Calif. – The front-running mare Fahan Mura does not know she finished last in the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational on Jan. 26. Fahan Mura returned to her California base two days after the Pegasus and is doing so well that trainer Vladimir Cerin already has targeted her next start.

“I was going to let her down, and then bring her back up, but she’s jumping out of her skin,” Cerin said this week at Santa Anita. “We’re pointing to the Buena Vista.”

Fahan Mura is likely to face Vasilika in the one-mile Buena Vista for fillies and mares on Feb. 23.

Fahan Mura set the pace at odds of 42-1 in the Pegasus before tiring to finish last of 10. In her previous start, she led gate to wire in the Grade 3 Robert J. Frankel Stakes at Santa Anita. A refugee from the claiming ranks, Fahan Mura is a 5-year-old mare who has won 9 of 24 starts.