ARCADIA, Calif.- Silentio will race in sprints this autumn, with the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Santa Anita on Nov. 1 the next goal for the 5-year-old horse.
Trainer Gary Mandella said on Sunday that Silentio will be cross-entered for the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile, a race in which he finished third last year. Mandella emphasized that he would prefer to run Silentio in the Turf Sprint.
“That’s my first preference,” Mandella said. “I think he might really like it.”
ARCADIA, Calif. – Trainer Steve Asmussen has sent six horses to California, all for the Breeders’ Cup, and on Sunday morning at Santa Anita, he worked the best of them, Kentucky Oaks winner Untapable -- who is preparing for the Distaff -- as well as Tapiture, who will go in either the Dirt Mile or the Classic.
Both worked five furlongs, both went solo, and both had exercise rider Carlos Rosas aboard.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Moulin de Mougin, the winner of the Grade 2 John Mabee Stakes in August but who went down in the Grade 1 Rodeo Drive Stakes on Sept. 27, will miss the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Santa Anita on Nov. 1.
Trainer Richard Mandella told Santa Anita’s publicity department that the 4-year-old Moulin de Mougin emerged from the spill with bone bruising in a stifle and shoulder. She will be pointed for a 2015 campaign.
“We did a nuclear scan two days ago and it showed bone bruising,” Mandella said on Saturday.
Kulik Lodge ran his win streak to three in an optional claimer over 1 1/8 miles on turf on Friday at Santa Anita and may run next in a stakes.
Ridden by Mike Smith, Kulik Lodge ($5) stalked pacesetter Ethnic Dance to the final furlong before winning by a length. Ethnic Dance is best known for winning a division of the Grade 2 Del Mar Derby in September 2013.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Candy Boy and Sweet Swap, two of trainer John Sadler’s hopes for Breeders’ Cup races on Nov. 1, worked at Santa Anita on Saturday.
Candy Boy, a candidate for the BC Classic, worked five furlongs in 1:00.80. Sadler timed the 3-year-old Candy Boy galloping out six furlongs in 1:13.40. Candy Boy has had two workouts since finishing third in the Grade 2 Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing on Sept. 20. Candy Boy worked a half-mile in 47.80 seconds on Oct. 4.
“He looked good last week and this week,” Sadler said.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Trainers Kathy Ritvo and Carlo Vaccarezza were all smiles after watching their respective Breeders’ Cup candidates Fast Anna and Little Alexis work over a very quick main track Saturday morning at Gulfstream Park.
Apprentice Nik Juarez, who was injured when his mount fell in the eighth race at Monmouth Park on Sept. 28, has been cleared to begin rehab.
Juarez sustained a mid-grade tear to the muscles in his buttocks and upper leg when his mount fell on the first turn of the race at one mile and 70 yards. He is scheduled to rehab and then revisit his doctors Oct. 27.
ELMONT, N.Y. – The multiple Grade 1-winning sprinter Palace worked a strong four furlongs in 48.41 seconds over the Belmont training track Friday in preparation for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint. It was his first work since finishing third in the Grade 1 Vosburgh on Sept. 27 and the fastest of 41 works at the distance Friday.
Palace, under Cornelio Velasquez, galloped out a strong five furlongs in 1:00.63 and six furlongs in 1:12.91.
ELMONT, N.Y. – With inclement weather forecast for Friday evening into Saturday morning, trainer Chad Brown moved up by a day workouts for a couple of his Breeders’ Cup contenders.
Zivo, the runner-up to Tonalist in the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup here Sept. 27, worked four furlongs in 49.01 seconds in preparation for the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Nov. 1.
