Fair Grounds
Valadorna getting closer to first start of 2017
Keeneland/Coady Photography Valadorna (outside) could make her first start of the season in a first-level allowance as a prep for the Rachel Alexandra.
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies runner-up Valadorna worked five furlongs Thursday in 1:01.60, her longest timed workout since she arrived at Fair Grounds from Florida for trainer Mark Casse to prepare for her 2017 debut.
Casse has made no commitments, but Valadorna is only a maiden winner and thus is eligible for a first-level allowance race. Casse said last month that he would consider running Valadorna in an allowance prep for the Feb. 25 Rachel Alexandra Stakes, and there’s such a race in the condition book for Jan. 27.