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Frank’s Rockette Pleases Mott With ‘Smooth’ Move, Leaning Toward Facing Males Males In Sprint

Trainer Bill Mott has four of his six Breeders' Cup pre-entrants at Keeneland, and he put that quartet through works on a breezy Sunday morning over a fast surface on the Lexington, Ky., track.

First at 6:30 a.m. was Frank Fletcher Racing Operations' Frank's Rockette going the half in :49 under Neil Poznansky. Next working together were Juddmonte Farms' Tacitus and Wachtel Stable, Gary Barber, R. A. Hill Stable and Reeves Thoroughbred Racing's Channel Maker with Tacitus going 5 furlongs in 1:00 and Channel Maker a half in :47.40. Finally, There's A Chance Stable, Medallion Racing, Abbondanza Racing, Parkland Thoroughbreds, Paradise Farms and David Staudacher's Horologist worked in a half in :47.40 under Poznansky.

Frank's Rockette is pre-entered in both the Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) at 7 furlongs and the Sprint (G1) against males going 6 furlongs.

“She went nice and easy,” Mott said of the work. “She went smooth and was really relaxed. I was very happy. She was very typical of when she works by herself.

“I will speak with the connections later today, but I am leaning toward the Sprint. There are advantages and disadvantages to both. The Sprint will be a tough race, but we know she is good at 6 furlongs. The Sprint probably will have a full field, probably 14 horses, whereas the Filly and Mare Sprint will probably have no more than 10. That does come into the equation. The seven-eighths of a mile in the Filly and Mare Sprint comes into the equation as well.”

Tacitus (Classic) worked with Felipe Castro aboard while Poznansky was aboard Channel Maker (Turf).

“Tactitus and Channel Maker went very good,” Mott said. “Tacitus was tracking Channel Maker. We went just a half-mile with Channel Maker. He was nice and sharp and doing it the right way. Tacitus tracked him a couple of lengths back and joined him in the stretch. We had Tacitus go out another furlong afterward and then gallop out.”

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Filly & Mare Sprint: Come Dancing Ready For Her ‘Swan Song’

Blue Devil Racing Stable's Come Dancing, a five-time graded stakes winner, on Sunday breezed three-eighths of a mile in :36 and galloped out a half-mile in :48 on a fast track at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky., in her final work prior to a second run in the $1-million Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) on Saturday.

“The clockers got her in all 12s (seconds),” trainer Carlos Martin said of the breeze, which had been scheduled for Monday. “I looked at the weather forecast and it is supposed to be 24 (degrees) in the morning and feel like 18, so the track may be frozen. I didn't want to get caught Tuesday or Wednesday not having been able to breeze.”

Come Dancing ran sixth in last year's Filly and Mare Sprint at Santa Anita, where she did not have a work over the track prior to the race.

“She came in there with the last group of horses from New York,” Martin said. “This is going to be her swan song, and we wanted to bring her in so she could get used to the weather here.”

Come Dancing has raced four times this year and comes into the Breeders' Cup off a victory in the Honorable Miss (G2) at Saratoga Sept. 6.

“With the uncertainty of the racing calendar because of the pandemic, we put her in a tough spot when we sent her to Oaklawn Park early for a two-turn Grade 1 race (the Apple Blossom),” Martin said. “The Vagrancy (G3 in which she was second) I thought was decent and the Ballerina (G1 in which she was fourth) was not bad. She had a tough trip in that one and people were writing her off, but I knew different.

“In the Honorable Miss, Irad (Ortiz Jr.) rode her and loved her. If Come Dancing wants to fire her 'A' race, I think she is as good as any horse in the country.”

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Red King, Ward Quartet Get Feel For Keeneland Grass Course

Little Red Feather Racing, Gordon Jacobsen and Philip Belmonte's Red King, pre-entered for the $4-million Breeders' Cup Turf (G1) on Saturday, worked five furlongs in 1:04 over a Keeneland turf course labeled good. The work was the fifth at the Lexington, Ky., oval for the Phil D'Amato trainee who has been stabled here for a month.

Trainer Wesley Ward worked four of his pre-entrants for Friday's program. Breezing together first were Three Chimneys Farm's Royal Approval (Juvenile Fillies Turf) and Rockingham Ranch's Gypsy King (Juvenile Turf), who were timed in 1:05.20 and 1:05.60, respectively.

Next were Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Trade Deal (Juvenile Turf Sprint) and M Racing Group's Into the Sunrise (Juvenile Turf), who were timed in 1:06.20 and 1:07.20, respectively.

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Breeders’ Cup Presents The News Minute: A Busy Day For Classic Contenders

Nine of the 11 horses pre-entered for next Saturday's $6-million Breeders' Cup Classic turned in their final timed workouts on Saturday morning at Churchill Downs and Keeneland in Kentucky and Santa Anita Park in California. Belmont and Travers winner Tiz the Law worked at Keeneland for trainer Barclay Tagg, Kentucky Derby winner Authentic breezed at Santa Anita for Bob Baffert and Preakness winner Swiss Skydiver did her final preparations at Churchill Downs.

Trainer Kenny McPeek said later Swiss Skydiver would most likely be entered against fillies and mares in the Distaff rather than take on males in the Classic. One of her chief opponents in that race, Monomoy Girl, also worked over the Churchill Downs main track on Saturday morning.

The Europeans are starting to arrive and will be out of quarantine as early as Monday, with Aidan O'Brien's contingent arriving later Monday from Ireland.

View the News Minute below.

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