Bolt d'Oro, Moonshine Memories prepare for Breeders' Cup assignments
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Santa Anita-based Bolt d’Oro and Moonshine Memories, undefeated favorites for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies on Nov. 4, both are doing well following their impressive victories in the Grade I, Win and You’re In FrontRunner Stakes and Grade I Chandelier Stakes at Santa Anita on Sept. 30.
“We’ll have one work at Del Mar and one work here before he goes,” said Mick Ruis, trainer and part owner of Bolt d’Oro, dominating 7 ¾-length winner of the Front Runner. “So he’ll have two works before the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.
“He’s back jogging now and he’ll gallop easy tomorrow morning. He’s doing really, really well. He came out of the FrontRunner like he never raced.”
Asked if there was undue pressure being the favorite for the Juvenile, Ruis said, “The first time, when he was maiden, yes, there was pressure. The second time, he wasn’t the favorite, but going into the FrontRunner, we knew we had a really, really good horse, so it was just up to him to see what he could do.
“Going into the Breeders’ Cup as the favorite, I don’t feel the pressure now.”
As for Moonshine Memories, all systems are go.
“She came out of the race great,” trainer Simon Callaghan said of the bay daughter of Malibu Moon, who won the Chandelier by 2 ¾ lengths. “We’ll breeze her a few times here at Santa Anita and then do her last breeze at Del Mar.
“Her main breeze will be at Santa Anita two weeks before the Breeders’ Cup. As soon as Del Mar opens (Oct. 22) we’ll go there and give her an easy breeze over the track.”
Both Bolt d'Oro and Moonshine Memories are poised to follow on the path of two champions who were based at Santa Anta Anita, Nyquist and Songbird. In 2015, each won the Futurity and Debutante at Del Mar before capturing the FrontRunner and Chandelier at Santa Anita, then going on to win the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and Juvenile Fillies, respectively.
Source: Santa Anita Park
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