My Conquestadory doing well following adventurous Alcibiades win
My Conquestadory doing well following adventurous
Alcibiades win
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Trainer Mark Casse said Conquest Stables' My Conquestadory came out of her adventurous victory in Friday's Grade 1 Alcibiades on Keeneland's opening day in good order and was headed to Churchill Downs, where she will continue her training for a start in the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita early next month. Ridden by Eurico Da Silva, My Conquestadory was trapped on the inside behind a wall of horses on the backstretch before finally working out a trip to get clear sailing for a 1 3/4-length victory over Rosalind. "I did not have any nightmares about the race, because you have to go to sleep before you can have a nightmare," Casse said with a laugh. "Over the weekend, we have nine horses running in graded stakes, so come Tuesday, I might sleep for a couple of days." Casse has Conquest Titan tabbed for the Breeders' Futurity and Sisterly Love in the Spinster; both races are "Win and You're In" contests for the Breeders' Cup. A victory by Conquest Titan would make Casse the first trainer to sweep the Alcibiades and Breeders' Futurity the same year since Pat Byrne did in 1997 with Countess Diana and Favorite Trick. Friday's victory earned My Conquestadory a spot in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, but Casse said the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf might be the target.
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"This is a filly that never has set foot on a dirt track,"
he explained. "We are going to Churchill Downs this morning and we have a month.
It is still to be determined and if I had to decide today it would be 100
percent turf. But if it is dirt, it would not be for the money, it would be for
the (two-year-old filly) championship."
Now unbeaten in two starts, My Conquestadory has a grass
win over males on her resume as well as Friday's Polytrack victory.
In other Alcibiades news, runner-up Rosalind was back at Churchill Downs and doing well
after chasing My Conquestadory.
"She has been training there," trainer Ken McPeek said.
"She is a pretty special filly and we are looking at the Breeders' Cup Juvenile
Fillies on dirt. There are two reasons: I don't want to go a mile (in the
Juvenile Fillies Turf) and I don't want to face the winner from yesterday
again."
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Also on Friday at Keeneland, Sum of the Parts successfully defended his title in the Grade 3 Phoenix by 1 1/4 lengths for trainer Tom Amoss. Last year, the Speightstown colt used the Phoenix as a springboard to the Breeders' Cup Sprint, where he finished fourth, beaten only three lengths by Trinniberg. "He is tired this morning but in good shape," Amoss said. "We have a full month (to the Breeders' Cup) if we decide to go. It will be the owners' (Seth Klarman and William Lawrence's Klaravich Stables) decision and they will probably make it early next week. My vote right now would be to go." For the time being, Sum of the Parts will remain at Keeneland where he has won all three of his starts. Casse's entrant in the Phoenix, Laugh Track, took the trip with My Conquestadory to Churchill Downs Saturday morning. The Canadian Grade 3 winner was second in Friday's six-furlong contest. "He is doing great this morning," Casse said. "We will aim for the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile with him."
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