Baoma Corporation's Grade 1 winner Eda will not make a scheduled start in this Saturday's Grade 3, $600,000 Fantasy Stakes at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark.
Trainer Bob Baffert told the Daily Racing Form that the filly did not get on Tuesday's plane from Southern California after she developed a fever on Monday.
“Her blood work was not super-perfect, so we didn't put her on the plane,” Baffert told DRF.
The Fantasy is a prep race for the Kentucky Oaks, and offers the winner points on a scale of 100-40-20-5. However, since Eda is trained by Baffert the filly is not eligible for any points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks.
The 3-year-old daughter of Munnings has won five of her seven starts, including her last four in a row. Eda's major victories include the G1 Starlet Stakes at Los Al, the G3 Santa Ysabel Stakes, the Anoakia Stakes, and the Desi Arnaz Stakes.
Bred in Kentucky by Nathan McCauley, Eda is out of the winning Lemon Drop Kid mare Show Me, who is a half-sister to Grade 3 and multiple stakes winner Aegean. Eda commanded $240,000 as a yearling at the Keeneland September sale, and agent Donato Lanni purchased the filly for $550,000 the following March at the OBS 2-year-old in training sale.
Thus far, Eda has earned $430,000 on the track.
Read more at the Daily Racing Form.
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