Jolie Olimpica gets in final work for Jenny Wiley

DEL MAR, Calif. – Jolie Olimpica is heading back around two turns and is heading out of town, with the Grade 1, $350,000 Jenny Wiley on Saturday at Keeneland set for her next start after a sharp tune-up Monday morning at Del Mar.

Jolie Olimpica officially worked five furlongs in 1:01.80 after breaking off at the half-mile pole, including an eye-catching furlong from the wire to the seven-furlong pole. It all met with the approval of her trainer, Richard Mandella, who had her scheduled to fly out early Tuesday morning.

“Real nice,” Mandella said of the work.

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Mike Smith, who has ridden Jolie Olimpica in all her races in this country, has the mount.

Jolie Olimpica was undefeated in her native Brazil before being imported to Mandella for owner Rick Porter’s Fox Hill Farms. She is 2 for 3 for Mandella, all at Santa Anita, with victories sprinting on turf in the Grade 3 Las Cienegas in January and, most recently, the Grade 2 Monrovia. Her only loss came in the Grade 2 Buena Vista, going one mile, when she finished second as the odds-on favorite to Keeper Ofthe Stars.

Several other horses of note worked Monday at Del Mar, including the top California-bred Fashionably Fast, who went a half-mile in 48.80 seconds in his first drill here since relocating from Santa Anita. Fashionably Fast, trained by Dean Pedersen, most recently was second in the Grade 2 Triple Bend to McKinzie, which ended a six-race winning streak.

Meal Ticket, who has won grass races here each of the last two summers, turned in her final drill for her first start of the meet on Sunday in the $65,000 Osunitas Stakes for older female turf horses going one mile. Working on the dirt, which was the only surface open for works on Monday, Meal Ticket went five furlongs in 1:01.20 for trainer Matt Chew. Meal Ticket most recently was second in the Golden Poppy last month at Golden Gate.

Sharp Samurai, third in the Grade 3 American Stakes last time out, went a half-mile in 48 seconds, the fastest time of 38 at the distance on Monday, for trainer Mark Glatt in his first work since the American.

The 2-year-old Star Guitar colt Schnell, a debut winner at Los Alamitos June 26, worked four furlongs in 49.20 seconds for Simon Callaghan in preparation for the Grade 2 Best Pal on Aug. 8.