Fiftyshadesofgold breezes for Acorn

Fiftyshadesofgold,

winner of the Eight Belles at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Oaks Day,

breezed a half-mile in :49 3/5 Friday morning over Churchill's fast dirt in her final workout before

shipping to Belmont Park for the Grade 1, $750,000 Acorn on June 7.

"She came out of the last race well," trainer Bret Calhoun said. "She's been

training very well since then. This was her third breeze since the race and

everything's been right on schedule. She flies to New York on Thursday and we've

been very happy with her."

Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith will be back aboard the

three-year-old daughter of My Golden Song in the Acorn. Smith has been on board for

her last two efforts, the Eight Belles victory and a runner-up effort behind

Kentucky Oaks queen Untapable in the Fair Grounds Oaks. Overall, the gray miss

has won four of six starts and placed in her other two.

"I don't really know who's going to show up there. It's going to be a very

tough race, but I'll leave that in Mike's hands," Calhoun said when asked what

type of trip Fiftyshadesofgold needed to win the race.

"She's very versatile -- she's got speed if you want to use it, but also has

the ability to sit off of it if we need to. One-turn mile races are usually run

pretty fast with a lot of pace and I think she is very adaptable. I think the

mile is actually a little better race for her than the seven-eighths was (in the

Eight Belles)."

Additionally, Calhoun said that Twin Spires Turf Sprint

winner Marchman would be on the plane to Belmont where he will start in

the Grade 3, $300,000 Jaipur Invitational, which also is on the June 7 Belmont

Stakes undercard.

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