With owner William Simon looking on and trainer John Ortiz in the saddle, Brightwork on Saturday at Keeneland tuned up for an expected run in the $2-million NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) going 1 1/16 miles at Santa Anita on Nov. 3.
Working with 4 G Racing's Crown Imperial, a candidate for the $1-million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) also on Nov. 3, Brightwork finished in front of her stablemate while completing five furlongs in 1:00.80 and galloping out six furlongs in 1:14. Crown Imperial was timed in 1:02.20 for 5 furlongs.
“She did it very easy,” Ortiz said of Brightwork, who sustained her first defeat in the Oct. 6 Darley Alcibiades (G1) run at 1 1/16 miles after opening her career with four victories. “She's a filly that likes to take direction, and she understood that today I wanted to give her confidence to go two turns.”
Ortiz plans to breeze the Outwork filly next Saturday at the Lexington track with a scheduled Oct. 30 departure date to Southern California. She and Crown Imperial would mark the Breeders' Cup first starters for Ortiz at Santa Anita.
“Never saddled one on my own,” Ortiz said. “I was out there before as an assistant to Kellyn Gorder.”
Also on Saturday at Keeneland, trainer Cherie DeVaux worked her three Breeders' Cup hopefuls on the main track.
First was John Gunther's Big Ass Fans Dirt Mile (G1) candidate Stage Raider, who worked five furlongs in 1:01. Following the morning's track renovation session, Lael Stable's She Feels Pretty worked a half-mile in :48.40 for the Juvenile Fillies Turf, and Victory Racing Partners' More Than Looks worked a half-mile in :48.60 for the FanDuel Mile (G1) on turf.
Other Breeders' Cup possible candidates working on the dirt were Juddmonte Spinster (G1) runner-up Le Da Vida (CHI) (half-mile in :47.60, best of 79 at the distance) for trainer Ignacio Correas IV in preparation for the Distaff (G1) and Hidden Class (half-mile in :49.40) for Joe Sharp for a possible run in the Juvenile Fillies Turf or Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1).
Working on the grass with designs on the Breeders' Cup were Coolmore Turf Mile (G1) runner-up Master of The Seas (IRE) (half-mile in :52.20; click here for a video of the work) and First Lady (G1) runner-up In Italian (GB) (half-mile in :51.80).
The deadline to pre-enter for the Breeders' Cup is Monday, Oct. 23 at 3 p.m. (ET). Pre-entries will be announced Oct. 25 at noon.
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