CYPRESS, Calif. – The multiple stakes winners Danuska’s My Girl and Vasilika had their final workouts for Breeders’ Cup races at Los Alamitos early Saturday.
Danuska’s My Girl, who will start in the BC Filly and Mare Sprint at seven furlongs on Saturday, worked three furlongs in 35 seconds from the gate in a solo workout.
Vasilika, a leading contender in the BC Filly and Mare Turf at 1 1/4 miles on Saturday, worked a half-mile in 48 seconds, also on her own.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Bricks and Mortar will make his next start, the final start of his career, in the $4 million Breeders’ Cup Turf at Santa Anita next Saturday, trainer Chad Brown confirmed Saturday morning.
ARCADIA, Calif. -- American Theorem will not run in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile next Friday, trainer George Papaprodromou said Saturday morning at Santa Anita, explaining that he did not feel the colt was ready for that test. The news was first reported by Joaquin Jaime on TVG.
"I don't feel my horse is 100 percent," Papaprodromou told Daily Racing Form Saturday morning. "I don't want to run against the best in the world if he's not. I want to do the right thing, not push him."
Breeders’ Cup Mile pre-entrant Line of Duty, who won the 2018 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, was seriously injured and subsequently euthanized Saturday morning in England.
Godolphin, the colt’s owner, reported the news on its website while providing no details regarding how Line of Duty got hurt or the specific nature of his injury. Line of Duty, trained by Charlie Appleby, was a plucky son of Galileo who competed hard in every race, though he had been winless since the BC Juvenile Turf last November.
The field for the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf on Nov. 1 at Santa Anita lost two potential starters Friday when Alms and Precious Moments were declared from consideration.
Alms, undefeated winner of the Grade 3 Matron Stakes on Oct. 5 at Belmont Park, was found to have a fever on Friday morning, according to trainer Michael Stidham. Alms has been stabled in Maryland with Stidham.
“She had a 103 temperature,” Stidham said. “She won’t travel.”
Trainer Ron Moquett said a final decision has yet to be made on the starting status of Whitmore in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint. Whitmore, who has competed in each of the last two renewals of the Sprint, worked four furlongs in an easy 49.80 seconds on Friday at Churchill Downs.
Santa Anita Park
Friday, Oct. 25, 2019
Weather: Clear
Track: Fast
Temp. 60
ARCADIA, Calif. – Friday morning’s Breeders’ Cup work tab at Santa Anita was pretty much dominated by locally based horses, although it was a Churchill Downs shipper, Dennis’ Moment, who wound up stealing the show as he continues to impress in preparation for next Friday’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Horse trainers are humans, too. Wesley Ward can be as robotic as the next guy devoting 100 hours to his workweek, but he’ll also take time to laugh and joke or to smell the flowers, as they say.
In fact, Ward wasn’t even here at Santa Anita in 2014, when his six Breeders’ Cup starters recorded two wins, three seconds, and one third. He was at home in Florida, watching the races on his phone while his son Riley was competing in a high school track meet.
“State championships,” said Ward, underlining the importance.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Maxfield has his game face on.
The Grade 1 Breeders' Futurity winner, who is expected to be among the favorites for next week's Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita, turned in his final major work toward that race with a strong half-mile in 47.80 seconds on Friday morning at Keeneland.
"And he looks like he was just out galloping," trainer Brendan Walsh said after Godolphin's homebred colt returned to the barn.
