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10-25-2009, 02:58 PM
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Two-time champion Indian Blessing will not be pre-entered on Monday for the $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Santa Anita on Nov. 6, trainer Bob Baffert said on Sunday. Baffert was unhappy with Indian Blessing's six-furlong workout in 1:12.80 on Santa Anita's Pro-Ride surface Sunday morning. "I think I'm going to pass," he said. "She just doesn't like the track. What can you do? She looks good. It's frustrating. "I'm not going to pre-enter because I don't want the temptation to change my mind." 
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10-25-2009, 03:51 PM
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As a fan, I would like to see her race one more time and go out with a win before being bred. Her defection lowers the odds on Informed Decision, who I really like.
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10-25-2009, 03:58 PM
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she may not run again from what he said, since they intend to breed her next spring. but she won't be running at the bc.
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10-25-2009, 05:18 PM
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10-25-2009, 07:25 PM
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Pyro drilled a half mile in 48.80 Sunday in preparation for the B.C. Dirt Mile.
Rainbow Quest jogged on Santa Anita’s Pro-Ride track Saturday. Europe’s 2008 champion 2-year-old filly trained by John Gosden is pointing to the $2 million Filly & Mare Turf at 1 1/4 miles on Nov. 6. Other Breeders’ Cup race candidates on the work tabs Sunday included Presious Passion (Turf), a mile in 1:39.80, Girolamo (Dirt Mile), five furlongs in 1:00.20, and Gayego (Sprint), half-mile in :51.20, all on Santa Anita’s main track. Santa Anita turf workouts included Noble Court (Turf Sprint), six furlongs in 1:14.40, Becky’s Kitten (Juvenile Turf) in :58.40, and Cowboy Cal (Mile), half-mile in :48.40. At Hollywood Park, Marsh Side (Turf), went three furlongs on the main track in :37.60…
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10-25-2009, 07:28 PM
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LEADING 3-YEAR-OLD ECLIPSE CANDIDATE SUMMER BIRD DRILLS FIVE FURLONGS; DESORMEAUX FLYS IN FROM NEW YORK FOR DRILL; TRAINER ICE “SUPER HAPPY”
Belmont, Travers and Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Summer Bird, the leading candidate for an Eclipse Award in the male 3-year-old division, worked five furlongs in 1:00.45 under regular rider Kent Desormeaux Sunday after Oak Tree’s second race. The chestnut son of Birdstone came on the main track at the head of the quarter mile chute, back-tracked to the half mile pole and then jogged and galloped through the stretch and around the Club House turn. Desormeaux set him down to breeze approaching the five furlong pole and he guided him through splits of 24.42 and 48.56. Summer Bird galloped out six furlongs in 1:13.03 as he continues to prepare for the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at 1 1/4 miles on Nov. 7. “The work was great,” trainer Tim Ice said after Summer Bird’s drill. “This was exactly what we wanted. He looked super getting over the track and he’s been getting over it very well ever since we got here. Kent had a ton of horse under him and he just let him work on his own, within himself. I’m super-happy with how he’s trained here and how he’s handled everything. We’ll walk tomorrow and he’ll go back to the track Tuesday morning.” Ice said that Summer Bird would have one more breeze prior to the Breeders’ Cup. “He’ll work five eighths next Saturday,” he said. Desormeaux, who experienced a 3-hour airport runway delay in New York, flew in earlier in the day for the work. With his son Jacob in tow, Desormeaux simply stated, “He enjoyed it and he galloped out super.”
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10-25-2009, 09:01 PM
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10-25-2009, 09:02 PM
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10-25-2009, 07:38 PM
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10-25-2009, 08:35 PM
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IB obviously hasn't been the same filly since going to Dubai. Hopefully they retire her.
All this talk about the BC was inevitable.
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