MIAMI – There were smiles all around the Antonio Sano barn on Saturday morning, minutes after Gunnevera completed his latest work in preparation for the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Gunnevera worked six furlongs in 1:15.15 over a drying-out Gulfstream Park West main track officially rated good.
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ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Two locally based 2-year-old fillies are heading off to Del Mar for the Breeders’ Cup following stakes wins here two weekends ago.
Wonder Gadot, who was a six-length winner of the Grade 3 Mazarine Stakes on Tapeta on Oct. 7, will run in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies on dirt, while Dixie Moon, who beat males in the Cup and Saucer Stakes on turf on Oct. 8, will run in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Grade 1 Canadian International Stakes winner Bullards Alley was on his way back Monday morning to trainer Tim Glyshaw’s base at Churchill Downs following his 10 3/4-length victory over Oscar Nominated on Sunday evening.
Bullards Alley got a 114 Beyer for the International, the highest Beyer on turf this year and the highest turf figure since 2008.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Bal a Bali, unraced since a sixth-place finish in the Grade 2 Del Mar Mile on Aug. 20, is likely to start in the Breeders’ Cup Mile on Nov. 4 at Del Mar.
But trainer Richard Mandella said last weekend that Bal a Bali faces a tight schedule to be in peak form for the $2 million grass race. Gaining a spot in the field is not an issue. Bal a Bali earned a fees-paid berth with his win in the Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile at Santa Anita in June.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Capla Temptress, the winner of the Grade 1 Natalma on Sept. 17, worked five furlongs in 1:01.82 over the Belmont turf course on Sunday in preparation for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf on Nov. 3 at Del Mar.
In her work, her second since being transferred to Bill Mott from Marco Botti, Capla Temptress started two lengths behind Lemoona, a maiden 2-year-old filly, and finished one length back at the wire.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Chad Brown likely will pre-enter 14 horses in the Breeders’ Cup series at Del Mar on Nov. 3-4, the reigning Eclipse Award-winning trainer said Sunday.
Pre-entries are not due until Oct. 23 and won’t be announced until two days later. But with all the major prep races completed, and following several workouts over the weekend, Brown has pretty much solidified his lineup.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Friday was another busy morning for Breeders’ Cup candidates at Santa Anita. For the next two weeks, it will stay that way.
Indications are that most California-based trainers are likely to stay at Santa Anita for final workouts by Breeders’ Cup candidates and ship late to Del Mar for Breeders’ Cup races on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3-4.
“They’ll get a chance to gallop over the [Del Mar] track Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday” during Breeders’ Cup week, trainer Peter Eurton said Friday after Champagne Room worked a bullet half-mile at Santa Anita.
Laurens won the tightest of photos over September to capture the Group 1 Fillies Mile on Friday at Newmarket.
Magic Lily finished third with favored Magical a one-paced fourth under Ryan Moore. Magical and September both are trained by Aidan O’Brien, who scratched likely favorite Happily from the Fillies Mile, a seven-furlong straight course race for 2-year-old fillies, earlier Friday. Happily is a possible runner in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, though O’Brien has other candidates for that race.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Highway Star worked a half-mile in 50 seconds Thursday over the Belmont Park training track, the second of four scheduled moves the New York-bred filly will have leading up to the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint on Nov. 4 at Del Mar.
Jockey Angel Arroyo was aboard for the work, which Daily Racing Form timed in splits of 12.50, 24.64 for the quarter, and a final quarter in 25.36. She galloped out five furlongs in 1:04.08 over a track rated good.
The Group 1 Fillies Mile on Friday at Newmarket could offer some clues for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf next month at Del Mar.
It also offers trainer Aidan O’Brien another chance to creep closer to Bobby Frankel’s record 25 Group or Grade 1 stakes victories in a calendar year. As of Wednesday, O’Brien had 23 such wins, and in the Fillies Mile, for 2-year-old fillies, he has the three top antepost betting choices in Happily, Magical, and September.