Ground Support will get winter off, point to stakes in spring

The turf-route filly Ground Support, a good third in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, will have a winter respite and point to stakes races in the spring, trainer Kelsey Danner said Sunday.

Ground Support debuted at Kentucky Downs on Aug. 30 and won a maiden route at odds of 100-1.

“Apparently, none of my employees talked to anybody,” Danner said. “She’d been breezing really nice.”

Ground Support shipped to Aqueduct for her second start and won the Miss Grillo by two lengths, and in the Juvenile Fillies Turf moved sharply to the lead after making a potentially premature move.

“I don’t know if we could have won, but probably it compromised us for second,” Danner said.

- Additional reporting from David Grening

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