Letruska heading to Saratoga, targets Personal Ensign Stakes

Letruska, the leading older female in the country, is expected to ship to Saratoga on Tuesday and will have her final work on Thursday for the Grade 1 Personal Ensign Stakes here Aug. 28, trainer Fausto Gutierrez said Sunday.

Letruska had been based at Keeneland since her victory in the Grade 2 Fleur de Lis at Churchill Downs, but last week, due to some stabling issues, Gutierrez moved his stable from Keeneland to Monmouth Park. Letruska and Vegas Weekend - who is entered in a $50,000 claiming race on Thursday at Saratoga - are expected to van from Monmouth on Tuesday.

“I want to work eight or nine days before the race,” said Gutierrez, who himself arrived at Saratoga on Sunday.

Letruska, who won the Grade 3 Shuvee here last August, is 4 for 5 this year with Grade 1 victories in the Apple Blossom at Oaklawn Park and Ogden Phipps at Belmont Park as well as the Grade 2 Fleur de Lis at Churchill Downs on June 26.