ELMONT, N.Y. – Paulassilverlining, the Grade 2 Gallant Bloom winner, will make her next start in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Santa Anita, owner Vincent Scuderi said Friday.
“I want to take a shot,” Scuderi said “She earned it winning that last stake. If she didn’t win that last stake, I probably wouldn’t have gone. But she showed me something there – she’s rateable.”
:: Breeders’ Cup Challenge: Results, replays, charts, and more
ARCADIA, Calif. – Stellar Wind, last year’s champion 3-year-old filly, had a talented exercise partner Friday when she worked five furlongs in 1:00.40 at Santa Anita in advance of the Breeders’ Cup Distaff on Nov. 4.
Stellar Wind worked with Hard Aces, the winner of the Grade 1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita in 2015. Hard Aces served as a pacemaker for Stellar Wind, who will face the toughest assignment of her career in the BC Distaff against three-time champion Beholder and Songbird, the undefeated champion 2-year-old filly of 2015.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Mind Your Biscuits keeps giving signals that he could be a live longshot in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint.
Six days after working a solid five furlongs, Mind Your Biscuits worked a strong half-mile in 47.17 seconds Friday over the Belmont Park main track.
:: Breeders’ Cup Challenge: Results, replays, charts, and more
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kasaqui, an Argentine-bred gray, was unknown when he pulled a 30-1 upset in the April 17 finale at Keeneland, defeating eventual graded stakes winner Can’thelpbelieving in a second-level turf allowance. A highly eventful and productive year followed that will end when Keeneland closes its 17-day fall meet next Saturday with the Grade 2, $200,000 Fayette Stakes.
ARCADIA, Calif. – The champion females Beholder and Songbird are approaching their first meeting in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Santa Anita on Nov. 4 in excellent form – and on the same exercise schedule.
On Thursday at Santa Anita, Beholder and Songbird recorded quick workouts about an hour apart. Songbird worked at dawn, going six furlongs in 1:12.80. Beholder worked five furlongs in 59.20 seconds shortly after the start of the 7:45 a.m. training session.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Coasted, the winner of the P.G. Johnson Stakes at Saratoga and third as the favorite in the Miss Grillo at Belmont, worked five furlongs in 1:01.73 over the Belmont Park training track Thursday. Trained by Leah Gyarmati, Coasted is being pointed to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf on Nov. 4 at Santa Anita.
:: Breeders’ Cup Challenge: Results, replays, charts, and more
ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Jimmy Jerkens and stable manager Russell Cohen confirmed that Flavien Prat will ride Effinex in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Prat, the second-leading rider at the Santa Anita meet with 11 wins from 50 mounts, replaces Mike Smith, who is riding Travers winner Arrogate.
Prat tied Rafael Bejarano for leading rider at Del Mar.
:: Breeders’ Cup Challenge: Results, replays, charts, and more
ELMONT, N.Y. – One day later than planned, Shaman Ghost got in his long-distance workout for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic, breezing seven furlongs in 1:28.47 over the Belmont Park training track Thursday.
:: Breeders’ Cup Challenge: Results, replays, charts, and more
ELMONT, N.Y. – Lubash, Kharafa, and King Kreesa are the last three winners of the Mohawk Stakes, and they reunite at Belmont Park in Saturday’s renewal of the $200,000 stakes, which drew a field of nine 3-year-olds and up going 1 1/16 miles on the turf.
Kharafa won the Ashley T. Cole last month, while King Kreesa won the West Point earlier in the year. All the major players in the statebred male turf division are in this field, including Tapitation, who won the Kingston here in May.
