FRANKLIN, Ky. – Zulu Alpha came out of his sharp win here Saturday in the Kentucky Turf Cup in good order and will be pointed either to the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Santa Anita or the Canadian International on Oct. 12 at Woodbine.
Trainer Mike Maker said he hadn’t yet spoken to owner Michael Hui as of Sunday afternoon about plans for Zulu Alpha, but an agenda should be firmed up within a week or so.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Sistercharlie, the reigning older female turf champion and two-time Grade 1 winner this year, and Bricks and Mortar, the leading older male turf horse, worked five furlongs together in 1:01.06 over the Belmont Park turf course Sunday morning as they prepare for their next assignments.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Code of Honor, the Travers Stakes winner, returned to the work tab Sunday morning at Belmont Park, breezing a half-mile in 50.60 seconds over the main track. Under exercise rider Lexi Peaden, Code of Honor went in quarter splits of 25.82 seconds and 24.78. He galloped out five furlongs in 1:02.95 and six furlongs in 1:15.82.
All indications are that he will make his next start in the Grade 1, $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park on Sept. 28.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Edisa, the three-quarter-length winner of Saturday’s $750,000 Jockey Club Oaks Invitational, left New York on Sunday to return to France, but her trainer, Alain de Royer-Dupre, said the 3-year-old filly could possibly return to North America for her next start.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Spanish Mission, winner of Saturday’s $1 million Jockey Club Derby Invitational at Belmont Park, won’t run in the Breeders’ Cup Turf or any other race this year and will be pointed to a 4-year-old campaign that likely will begin in Dubai, co-owner Barry Irwin said Sunday morning.
ELMONT, N.Y. - Catholic Boy, a dual-surface Grade 1 stakes winner at 1 1/4 miles as a 3-year-old, will make his next start in the Grade 2, $300,000 Kelso Handicap, a one-turn mile race at Belmont Park on Sept. 21, trainer Jonathan Thomas said Saturday.
Catholic Boy has run twice this year, winning the Grade 2 Dixie going 1 1/16 miles on turf at Pimlico on May 18 and finishing second to Preservationist in the Grade 2 Suburban going 1 1/4 miles on dirt at Belmont on July 6.
ELMONT, N.Y. - War of Will, the Preakness winner, drilled five furlongs in 59 seconds Saturday morning over the Belmont Park training track, his third consecutive bullet workout in preparation for the Grade 1, $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at Parx on Sept. 21.
Winter Sunset came out of her impressive win Wednesday in the $200,000 Indiana Grand Stakes in good shape, but trainer Wayne Catalano said there are no specific plans yet for this impeccably bred daughter of Tapit and Winter Memories.
“We were happy with the way she ran, and she came out of it well, but I don’t really have plans at the moment,” Catalano said. “We’ll look over the options.”
