Dayoutoftheoffice points to Eight Belles to launch 2021 campaign

Dayoutoftheoffice, runner-up in last fall’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), took another step toward returning to the races Thursday morning by working 5 furlongs in 1:01.40 over a Keeneland track labeled as good.

“It was uneventful and good,” trainer Tim Hamm said of the work on a chilly morning. “I got her in :12s all the way around.”

Working on her own shortly after 9 a.m. EDT, Dayoutoftheoffice reeled off fractions of :12.20, :24.40, :36.40, :49 and 1:01.40 with a 6-furlong gallop out in 1:14 and seven-eighths in 1:28.

Hamm has targeted the 7-furlong, $300,000 Eight Belles (G2) on April 30 at Churchill Downs as the starting point for Dayoutoftheoffice’s 2021 campaign. The filly, who has a 4: 3-1-0 record, is owned by Hamm Siena Farm

“She will have one more work and it will be here or Churchill Downs,” Hamm said.