Putthebabiesdown Prepares for Juvenile Fillies

Putthebabiesdown, third in the Grade I Darley Alcibiades in her most recent start, breezed four furlongs on the main track at Churchill Downs in :48.60 Saturday morning to gear up for a bid in the $2 million Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (GI).

Starting two lengths behind her stablemate Colbert, Putthebabiesdown recorded an opening quarter-mile in :23.60 and finished even with her workmate at the wire.

“She went really well and we’re really happy with the time,” assistant trainer Philip Bauer said. “The track seems to be playing a little slow, but she handled it well.”

The Juvenile Fillies will be the first start on dirt for the 2-year-old daughter of Closing Argument whose career has included three starts on turf and one on Keeneland’s Polytrack. After breaking her maiden on the turf at Ellis Park, Putthebabiesdown finished second and fourth, respectively, in the Tippett at Colonial Downs and the P. G. Johnson at Saratoga.

“This was her first major move over this surface,” Bauer said. “She worked three furlongs here earlier this year, but it was just an easy three-eighths (:37 on April 29 when track was listed as “good”). We’re happy and we can’t complain.”

Putthebabiesdown, owned by J C M Racing, is scheduled to breeze again next Saturday (Oct. 29) in what will be her final prep for the Juvenile Fillies.