Bast, Trained By: Bob Baffert Exercises In Preparation of The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies
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Bast – Baoma Corporation’s Uncle Mo filly Bast jogged a mile at Santa Anita Park Tuesday morning, two days after her final timed work for the $2 million Juvenile Fillies.
After finishing second in her debut at Del Mar on Aug. 11, Bast broke her maiden winning the Del Mar Debutante and followed up with a victory in the Chandelier Stakes Sept. 27.
Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez will ride Bast from post six in the field of nine in the Juvenile Fillies.
British Idiom – The Alicibiades Stakes winner British Idiom arrived at Santa Anita just after noon on a flight from Kentucky. She and her four stablemates settled into barn 59.
Donna Veloce – Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies morning-line favorite Donna Veloce was out for a 1 1/2m gallop today shortly after the 7:30 a.m. renovation break. The daughter of Uncle Mo had regular exercise rider Ivan DeSilvo abroad.
“She’s on a good path since her debut,” trainer Simon Callaghan said. “She’s improving and we have very high aspirations for her.”
The unbeaten filly drew the rail for the 1 1/16m championship race.
Regarding her post position, Callaghan said, “I wouldn’t have picked this post position myself, but it is what it is. We’ve got a very talented filly who is doing very well.”
Callaghan is bullish on Donna Veloce’s talent compared to stakes winners Bellafina (2018) and Moonlight Memories (2017), both of whom were favored in this race, observing, “I think she’s a little better than both of them at this stage.”
Wicked Whisper –Leaving Barn 59 at approximately 6 a.m. with exercise rider Angel Garcia aboard, Alex and JoAnn Lieblong’s Frizette winner Wicked Whisper galloped 1½m with trainer Steve Asmussen’s assistant Scott Blasi watching from the pony.
The 2yo filly from the first crop of 2015 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner Liam’s Map cost $500,000 at auction and is untested in two starts; her maiden win on Aug. 25 at Saratoga and the Frizette Oct. 6. She will be trying two turns and a distance beyond a mile for the first time.
“In her Frizette win, she was lengthening,” Blasi said. “I’d like to think she’ll adjust to the two turns. She’s a very talented filly who’s done nothing wrong.”
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