It was a very light morning for workouts -- even lighter than yesterday -- with only four Breeders' Cup entrants breezing across the country.
At Betfair Hollywood Park . . .
Three-year-old Nonios, runner-up in the Awesome Again Stakes (gr. I) and Haskell Invitational (gr. I) this year, turned in a second consecutive bullet work when he breezed five-eighths in :59.80. Trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, the son of Pleasantly Perfect has been pre-entered in both the Breeders' Cup Classic and the Dirt Mile, and would be a contender in either.
The other Breeders' Cup contender to breeze this morning was Romp, who has been pre-entered in the Marathon. The Kristin Mulhall-trainee went a mile in 1:42.20, and although he will be a longshot in the Marathon -- he hasn't won a race since October 2010 -- he has been training rather well and looms as an intriguing contender.
At Santa Anita Park . . .
The lightly-raced sophomore Jimmy Creed, coming off of a strong third-place effort in the Santa Anita Sprint Championship (gr. I), looked good breezing five furlongs in :59.80, the fastest work of the morning. Pre-entered in both the Breeders' Cup Sprint and the Dirt Mile, with the Sprint as first preference, the Richard Mandella-trainee has been improving rapidly and could very well become the first three-year-old to win the Sprint since Silver Train in 2005.
Also on the work tab was Great Hot, runner-up in the L.A. Woman Stakes last time out and a candidate for the Filly and Mare Sprint. Trained by A. C. Avila, the four-year-old filly has been training spectacularly well, going five-furlongs in :45.60 on October 17th and going three-eighths in a brilliant :34 flat earlier this morning. Although she hasn't won a race since October 2011, her workouts stamp her as a legitimate contender in the Breeders' Cup, and there does seem to be enough speed in that race to set up her late run.
-Keelerman
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