A morning after their stablemate in the Saffie Joseph Jr. stable, White Abarrio, breezed at Gulfstream Park, Daniel Alonso's Skippylongstocking and Fernando Vine Ode and Michael and Jules Iavarone's O'Connor were sent to the main track at Palm Meadows for easy half-mile breezes Sunday morning.
All three Joseph trainees are scheduled to compete in the $3-million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) Jan. 28 at Gulfstream.
Skippylongstocking breezed a half-mile in :48.50, while O'Connor was timed in :51.05 at Gulfstream's satellite training facility in Palm Beach County. Both horses were breezing for the first time since running in the Dec. 31 Harlan's Holiday (G3), won by Skippylongstocking.
Joseph, who expressed satisfaction with the first-works-back, also sent Ken Ramsey and the Estate of Sarah Ramsay's Artie's Princess to Palm Meadows' main track for a half-mile breeze in :48.45 seconds in preparation for a start in the $500,000 Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf invitational (G3).
At Santa Anita Sunday morning, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners' Speaking Scout, who captured the Hollywood Derby (G1) in his most recent start for trainer Graham Motion, breezed a half-mile in :48.20 for a start in the $1-million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1).
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