Forever Unbridled in light training

Forever Unbridled, who somewhat quietly put together an excellent 2016 season, has taken up residence again in trainer Dallas Stewart’s Fair Grounds barn and is in light training as her connections plot a 2017 campaign for the soon-to-be 5-year-old.

Forever Unbridled made her first start this year Jan. 30 in the Houston Ladies Classic, but one thing Stewart already knows is that Forever Unbridled will be on a different schedule next year.

“She’s here, she’s in training. There’s no schedule yet, but she’s not going to Houston, and we won’t start off so early this time,” Stewart said. “You’ve got the Apple Blossom, the La Troienne. We’ll see. We want to get her to the Breeders’ Cup as best we can.”

Forever Unbridled won the Grade 1 Apple Blossom on April 15. The La Troienne is run the first week of May at Churchill Downs.

Forever Unbridled, judiciously campaigned, won the Houston Ladies Classic, the Apple Blossom, and the Beldame this year. She was a troubled second in the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps, third by less than one length in the Grade 1 Personal Ensign, and third to Beholder and Songbird after falling surprisingly far behind the early pace in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff.

“She’s coming off a great race. You hope she might be even better next year,” Stewart said.

Stewart also has the multiple graded-stakes-winning 3-year-old Tom’s Ready stabled at Fair Grounds, but like Forever Unbridled, he’s only in light training.

“We have nothing picked out for him yet,” Stewart said.

Cambodia impresses again

The 4-year-old filly Cambodia looked like a future stakes horse in winning her third race in a row on Thursday at Fair Grounds.

Cambodia, trained by Tom Proctor, captured a second-level turf-route allowance by more than five lengths while eased down in the final half-furlong by jockey Florent Geroux. She ran one mile on firm turf in 1:35.80, a raw time that produced a career-best 90 Beyer Speed Figure.

Cambodia, by War Front, is 3 for 3 on grass. She won a maiden race last December at Tampa Bay Downs and returned from a long layoff to capture a first-level turf allowance by three lengths on Oct. 21 at Laurel Park.

◗ Rain was forecast Saturday night and all day Sunday, and Sunday’s grass races could easily be moved to a wet main track. Among the races carded for turf is the seventh, the nominal co-feature, a first-level sprint allowance. Race 8, another first-level allowance, is carded at one mile and 70 yards on the main track for older fillies and mares. Race 9 marks the belated debut of the 3-year-old Tour de Force, who was purchased at auction for $1.35 million in September 2014. Mark Casse trains Tour de Force for John Oxley and the Kinsman Stable.