Tempted next target for Berned

Berned, a promising 2-year-old daughter of Bernardini trained by Tom Albertrani, is being pointed to the Grade 3, $200,000 Tempted on Nov. 5 at Aqueduct.

Berned has raced twice, including a win in a maiden race at Belmont Park on Sept. 10. Albertrani said Berned was not quite ready to return in last weekend's Grade 1 Frizette.

"She's been training okay, but I think she'll benefit from having a little more time before her next start," Albertrani said of Berned, a $550,000 Keeneland yearling purchase owned by Three C Stables, West Point Thoroughbreds and Robert Masiello.

Berned made her debut going 6 1/2 furlongs at Saratoga in mid-August. A bit slow to find her best stride, she moved up wide on the far turn, took the lead in the stretch, but was outfinished by the deep closer Aspen Hilltop.

Stretched out to a mile at Belmont, she showed more speed and rallied to take the lead in the final sixteenth, winning by a length.

One horse Berned might face in the one-mile Tempted is Jamyson ‘n Ginger, another daughter of Bernardini. She won a one-mile maiden race on Sunday at Belmont by 15 1/4 lengths and earned a 103 Beyer Speed Figure, the highest number recorded by a 2-year-old of either gender this year.

Jamyson ‘n Ginger, a $280,000 2-year-old in training purchase, is owned by Magic Cap Stables and trained by Rudy Rodriguez.

- additional reporting by David Grening