Well-traveled filly Moment Is Right brings back class to Aspen Cup

Moment Is Right gets around.

The winner of last year’s Astoria Stakes at Belmont Park who made her most recent start at Del Mar will test the waters in New Mexico on Saturday in the $50,000 Aspen Cup at Ruidoso Downs.

The Aspen Cup, for 3-year-old fillies at six furlongs, will share a card with the Grade 3, $50,000 Mr Jet Moore for Quarter Horses. The races are part of “Pink Day” at Ruidoso, where the track will raise breast-cancer awareness and donate to Altrusa’s Cancer Fund.

Moment Is Right leads a six-horse field. Others set to start include Zenita, a seven-length winner of an optional $15,000 claiming race June 27 at The Downs at Albuquerque.

Aspen Cup, Race 7

KEY CONTENDERS

Moment Is Right, by Medaglia d’ Oro

Last 3 Beyers: 79-78-64

◗ She was a debut winner at Gulfstream Park in May 2015 and one start later captured the $225,000 Astoria at Belmont. In other stakes highlights, she was second in the $75,000 Surfside at Los Alamitos.

◗ Moment Is Right will be moving back to dirt after finishing seventh in an optional $62,500 claiming turf sprint at Del Mar on July 16. The race was her first on grass, and it came after a runner-up finish in the $52,000 Pleasanton Oaks.

◗ Alfredo Juarez Jr. has the mount for Ten Broeck Farm and trainer Steve Asmussen.

Zenita, by Zensational

Last 3 Beyers: 79-52-62

◗ She has won two of her last three starts, including an optional $20,000 claiming race at Turf Paradise. Zenita will be making her second start since March.