Wright making plans for Anneau d'Or

ARCADIA, Calif. – Anneau d’Or, second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita in November, is nearing his first workout of 2020 and could appear in a stakes for 3-year-olds at one of several venues in late February, trainer Blaine Wright said on Friday.

Anneau d’Or, who is owned by Peter Redekop, was second as the 6-5 favorite in the Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity on Dec. 7, finishing a neck behind the undefeated Thousand Words.

“He’ll be back on the work tab soon,” Wright aid. “Things are going fine. We’ll be looking for something at the end of February.

“We haven’t pinpointed a race. There are four or five races to choose from. We’ll see how we sit and maybe take a look and see what is going on. There are races all around the country.”

One option is the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes, a $400,000 race at 1 1/16 miles at Santa Anita on March 7.

In 2019, Wright had a leading sprinter in the Northwest in Anyportinastorm, who won three consecutive stakes before finishing second by a head at 3-5 to Law Abidin Citizen in the Grade 3 Longacres Mile at Emerald Downs in August in what turned out to be his final start of the year.

Anyportinastorm is scheduled to resume training with Wright at Golden Gate Fields on Feb. 1. A 6-year-old horse, Anyportinastorm is currently based on a California farm where his exercise routine includes swimming, Wright said.