Santa Anita notes: Egg Drop on schedule for Buena Vista

Egg Drop, the winner of three consecutive graded stakes at the end of 2013, is on schedule for her 2014 debut in the $200,000 Buena Vista Stakes over a mile on turf on Feb. 17.

Egg Drop won the Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes at Hollywood Park on Dec. 1. Following that race, the Little Red Feather Racing syndicate, which owns the 5-year-old mare, considered selling Egg Drop at the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale, but opted to keep her in training with Mike Mitchell.

“I told the Little Red Feather guys I’d love to have her back,” Mitchell said. “She’s sound and she’s doing great.”

Egg Drop has won 6 of 12 starts and earned $494,020. Prior to the Matriarch, she won two Grade 2 races – the Yellow Ribbon Handicap at Del Mar on Sept. 2 and the Goldikova Stakes at Santa Anita on Nov. 3.