Music Note under consideration for Travers; Little Belle works for Alabama

Music Note worked Sunday for either the Alabama or Travers (Ross Woodson/Horsephotos.com)

Two-time Grade 1 heroine MUSIC NOTE (A.P. Indy) breezed five furlongs in 1:02

2/5 Sunday morning on the Polytrack surface at the Greentree Training Center

adjacent to Saratoga. Shortly thereafter, stablemate and fellow Grade 1 winner

LITTLE BELLE (A.P. Indy) covered the same distance in 1:00 4/5.

"Music Note went off a bit slow, she got the first eighth in :14, but

finished up strong, getting the last quarter in :22 4/5," said Rick Mettee,

North American racing manager for owner Godolphin. "She galloped out real well.

It was a pretty good work for Little Belle, who is not much of a work filly."

While both fillies are being pointed toward Saturday's 128th running of the

$600,000 Alabama S. (G1) going 1 1/4 miles, Music Note, who has captured her last

four races including the Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) and Mother Goose S. (G1),

is also under consideration for the $1 million Travers S. (G1) on August 23.

"I spoke with (trainer Saeed bin Suroor) right after they worked," Mettee

said. "He said to prepare as if both fillies were to run in the Alabama. The

final decision (as to where Music Note runs) will be made by Sheikh Mohammed

(bin Rashid al Maktoum) and the Maktoums."

Mettee added that the fillies had been galloping on the Polytrack all week

because of the wet weather, which was the reason he elected to have them work

over the artificial surface.