Santa Anita
Hoppertunity works toward Dubai World Cup
Barbara D. Livingston Hoppertunity, shown training at Santa Anita in mid-February, worked six furlongs in a bullet 1:10.60 Wednesday.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Hoppertunity, the Bob Baffert-trained winner of the Grade 2 San Antonio on Feb. 6 at Santa Anita, worked a fast six furlongs Wednesday at Santa Anita as he prepares for the $10 million Dubai World Cup on March 26.
Flavien Prat, who rode Hoppertunity in the San Antonio, worked the 5-year-old after the 9 a.m. break. Hoppertunity broke off slightly behind an unraced maiden, moved to even terms on the turn, and finished alongside. Clockers timed the work in 1:10.60, the fastest of the morning.
“It was a good workout,” Prat said. “He’s a little bit lazy; he likes to stay with the other horse. The gallop-out was really good. He wasn’t tired at all.”
Hoppertunity has won five races and $1,872,675 from 18 starts.