Heroes from barn fire honored

Five horsemen whose quick action averted a disaster during the Aug. 22 barn fire at Ellis Park were honored Sunday in a winner’s circle tribute at the western Kentucky track.

Marvin Prado, a groom for Eddie Kenneally, was first on the scene in freeing six horses and a stable pony from a blaze that destroyed the receiving barn. Prado braved the fire when getting the horses out of their stalls and handing them off one by one to the other men on the scene.

One of those horses was Bold and Bossy, the unraced 2-year-old filly who made international news the previous afternoon when galloping down an adjacent highway after getting loose prior to her scheduled debut.

Michael Ann Ewing, the trainer of Bold and Bossy, has been providing recent updates on social media, saying the filly is sore and bruised but otherwise fine.

Monomoy Girl back galloping

Monomoy Girl, the two-time Eclipse champion, is back galloping daily at Ellis under the supervision of Jorgito Abrego, assistant to Brad Cox. The 6-year-old mare will be among the Cox horses returning to Churchill when the stable area at the Louisville track reopens next week following a nine-week renovation of the turf course.

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Monomoy Girl, owned by Spendthrift Farm, is not expected to be ready to make the Breeders’ Cup Distaff on Nov. 6, a race she won during her championship seasons of 2018 and 2020.

◗ Super Stock had his first work since winning the Ellis Park Derby on Aug. 15 when going an easy five furlongs Sunday in 1:02.20 over a fast Ellis track. Darren Fleming, assistant to Steve Asmussen, has been overseeing the training of Super Stock, who makes his next start in the Oklahoma Derby on Sept. 26 at Remington Park.