Judy the Beauty will skip CERF Stakes

DEL MAR, Calif. – Judy the Beauty, the champion female sprinter of 2014, will not start Sunday in the $80,000 CERF Stakes at Del Mar, trainer Wesley Ward said in a text message Wednesday.

Ward said Judy the Beauty will remain with his stable at Keeneland. He did not state a short-term race goal, although the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Keeneland on Oct. 31 is a long-term goal. Judy the Beauty won the 2014 BC Filly and Mare Sprint at Santa Anita.

This year, Judy the Beauty is winless in two starts – a second in the Grade 1 Humana Distaff at Churchill Downs in May and a third in the Grade 2 Honorable Miss at Saratoga on July 29.

A 6-year-old mare by Ghostzapper, Judy the Beauty has won 9 of 20 starts and earned $1,740,922.

◗ Jockey Rafael Bejarano, who leads the standings at the current meeting, has been granted a temporary restraining order allowing him to ride this weekend while he appeals a three-day suspension for causing interference last Saturday, track officials said.

Bejarano was cited for his ride on Miss Boom Boom in the ninth race last Saturday. The suspension was scheduled for the final three days of the meeting, Saturday through Monday. Going into Wednesday’s program, the 33-year-old Bejarano led all riders with 33 wins, seven more than Joe Talamo in second place.