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Euphrosyne out of Oaks, Sweet Reason now qualifies
"I am going to discuss it with the owners," trainer Leah Gyarmati said of the filly who is at Belmont Park. "We will see how she's doing and what her options are." Sweet Reason finished third behind Oaks candidates My Miss Sophia and Got Lucky in the Gazelle at Aqueduct in her most recent start April 5. She has had one work since that race, a three-furlong breeze on April 18. "She may be better going one turn and there are races like the Acorn and Test coming up," Gyarmati said. "She has had excuses every time she has gone two turns. "There was no pace in the last race and in the Breeders' Cup (Juvenile Fillies), she was too far back early and moved too soon and flattened out. If you are finding too many excuses for races, maybe you are not running in the right spots. "I think (the Oaks) is a better setup and there should be no pace issues there." Trainer Wayne Catalano liked the looks Tuesday morning of his two Kentucky Oaks hopefuls, Room Service and Aurelia's Belle. "They both went around twice and two-minute licked the last mile," Catalano said. Exercise rider Calamity Compton was aboard both fillies. Aurelia's Belle won the Bourbonette Oaks in her most recent start. Room Service was a dead-heat winner in the Ashland at Keeneland. "They are going to work Thursday and then we will make a decision on Room Service," Catalano said of the filly who never has raced on dirt. "She seems to be handling this fine and she did well on the dirt at Gulfstream." In other Kentucky Oaks news: Fiftyshadesofgold galloped before the morning renovation break under exercise rider Sara Escudero. Trained by Bret Calhoun, Fiftyshadesofgold also has the $175,000 Eight Belles on May 2 as a possible target. "We haven't named a rider because we are waiting to see if she goes in the Oaks or the Eight Belles," said Tom Morgan, assistant to Calhoun. Fiftyshadesofgold is scheduled to work Friday. She's a Tiger, last year's champion juvenile filly, jogged on the main track at Churchill Tuesday morning after the renovation break under Antonio Gutierrez for trainer Jeff Bonde. The filly is being pointed to the Eight Belles. "That has been the plan all along to run in the Eight Belles and then the Acorn," Bonde said. "She has not run for five months and I have no interest in running a mile and an eighth first out." Bet Horseracing Free Online at TwinSpires.com
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