War Like Goddess to await Flower Bowl

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – War Like Goddess won the Grade 2 Glens Falls in 2021 and 2022 and was beaten a neck in the race last year.

Thursday, War Like Goddess will be in her stall in Bill Mott’s barn when the Glens Falls is run, the Hall of Fame trainer electing not to bring the 7-year-old mare back just three weeks after her victory in the Grade 3 Robert G. Dick Memorial at Delaware Park.

Instead, Mott will point War Like Goddess to the Grade 2, $500,000 Flower Bowl on Aug. 31.

“She runs good fresh. We’ll take our time and have her fresh and ready to go for the next one,” Mott said.

Mott’s ultimate goal for War Like Goddess is the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Del Mar on Nov. 2.

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