Monomoy Girl gets some space between works

Monomoy Girl, champion 3-year-old filly of 2018, didn’t post a timed workout this past weekend after breezing the three previous Sundays, but trainer Brad Cox said there’s nothing amiss with the filly. Monomoy Girl galloped instead of working and is expected to work again Saturday.

“I just thought I’d give her another week, give her a little more space between her works,” Cox said Sunday. “We’re happy where we are right now, and the plan is to work next weekend.”

Last week, Cox named four races in which Monomoy Girl could make her first start since winning the Breeders’ Cup Distaff – the Apple Blossom at Oaklawn Park, the Doubledogdare and Madison at Keeneland, and the La Troienne at Churchill.

“I’m not ruling out any races, and no plans have changed,” Cox said Sunday.

Bobby’s Wicked One fast again

Bobby’s Wicked One ran his second wicked-fast six-furlong race in a row, clocking 1:09.21 in winning the first race Sunday at Fair Grounds by almost seven lengths. Because the racing surface produced quick times on the card, Bobby’s Wicked One got a 96 Beyer Speed Figure in this second-level allowance, down from his 99 in a first-level allowance romp last month. In December, Bobby’s Wicked One finished a competitive fifth in the Grade 1 Malibu at Santa Anita.

“He’s a tough horse,” trainer Al Stall said. “His appetite is very strong. If we don’t feed him when he wants to get fed, he’ll let you know.”

Bobby’s Wicked One has excelled in six-furlong races, but rather than going to the six-furlong Count Fleet Sprint at Oaklawn, Stall might opt for the seven-furlong Commonwealth Stakes at Keeneland.

“If he can go seven, it really opens things up,” Stall said.

Stall also reported that Tom’s d’Etat, winner of the Tenacious Stakes in December at Fair Grounds but more recently a distant ninth in the Pegasus World Cup, won’t make the New Orleans Handicap. Tom’s d’Etat developed a hoof abscess that has compromised his training schedule. He will be aimed at the Alysheba Stakes at Churchill Downs.

Carroll hurt in Saturday spill

Apprentice jockey Declan Carroll fractured his 11th thoracic vertebrae in a fall during the first race Saturday at Fair Grounds. Carroll’s father, assistant trainer David Carroll, said that the injury would require rest, but no surgery. Early prognosis suggests Carroll could miss five to six weeks.

Carroll, a 19-year-old who began his professional riding career last fall, won 12 races during his first Fair Grounds meeting. His season ended Saturday when his mount, Emery’s Dream, was badly impeded on the backstretch when eventual winner Andthebandplayedon, ridden by Colby Hernandez, crossed over to make the lead before clearing Carroll and Emery’s Dream, who clipped heels and fell.

Emery’s Dream ran loose, was caught by a track outrider, and walked off the course.

◗ Trainer Vickie Foley said Miguel Mena has picked up the mount on Hog Creek Hustle for the Louisiana Derby.