Summerly breezes for final start

SUMMERLY (Summer Squall), queen of last year's Kentucky Oaks (G1), breezed

four furlongs in :50 1/5 on Sunday over Churchill Downs' fast main track for new

owner WinStar Farm. The four-year-old chestnut, who was purchased for $3.3

million at the recent Fasig-Tipton November Selected Mixed Sale, is scheduled to make her final career start in Thursday's Falls

City H. (G2) at Churchill.

"We talked with (trainer) Scott (Blasi) after we bought her about how well

she was doing and how disappointed they were that they didn't get to run her in

the Breeders' Cup," WinStar Racing Manager Elliott Walden explained. "If she

wins, it'll get her over a million dollars (in career earnings), which would be

nice."

Summerly, who was excluded from running in the Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1)

after that event drew an overflow field, has competed only three times this

year, taking the Ashado S. before running fifth in the Ruffian H. (G1) and

seventh in the Spinster S. (G1). Walden added that plans call for Summerly to be

bred to Distorted Humor next year.

"Her physical appearance was a factor," Walden said about WinStar purchasing

the filly. "She's an outstanding looking filly, and we just think she'll have

good babies. The combination of her physical appearance with her race record

makes her a very special, special animal."

Summerly enters the Falls City with a 13-6-1-2, $891,633, career mark,

including victories in last year's Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) and Silverbulletday S.

(G3) as well as placings in the Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) and Mother

Goose S. (G1).