Trinniberg takes to sloppy track for Juvenile Sprint move

by Brisnet.com

Shivananda Parbhoo's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Sprint candidate Trinniberg

worked a half-mile over sloppy going in :48 1/5 after the renovation break on a

cold and rainy Thursday morning at Churchill Downs.

Working in company with four-year-old stablemate Butler Cabin and outfitted

in blinkers as is his norm, Trinniberg posted fractions of :12 1/5, :24 2/5 and

:36 1/5 while galloping out five furlongs in 1:03 2/5, finishing two lengths in

front of his stablemate. The half-mile move was the fastest of 22 at the

distance.

"It was a good little work and I got him to relax," said Willie Martinez, who

was aboard for the move. "He's got natural speed and is extremely quick. At the

top of the lane, when I asked him, he responded."

Trinniberg has shown an affinity for off-tracks, having run two of his four

races on tracks rated sloppy and one on a track labeled good.

"That's why we had no problem working him today, because we know he loves

it," Parbhoo said of Trinniberg, who finished second in the Grade 1 Hopeful on a

sloppy track. "I thought he breezed well this morning."

Trinniberg would have to be supplemented at a cost of $100,000 for the

Breeders' Cup when pre-entries close on Monday.

"We'll see how he is tomorrow," Parbhoo said. "I would have no hesitation in

writing the check. I love the game. But, he has already paid his way (with

runner-up finishes in the Grade 2 Nashua and Hopeful)."

Parbhoo said the son of Teuflesberg would have a three-furlong work out of

the gate next Thursday.

Parbhoo's other Breeders' Cup candidate, sprinter Giant Ryan, will return to

the track Friday morning after working three furlongs on a track labeled

wet-fast in :39 1/5 on Wednesday.

"I am happy we worked him yesterday," said Parbhoo, who initially planed to

work Giant Ryan this morning. "He is fine today and his next work will be

Thursday, but it could be Wednesday or Friday depending on weather."

In other Breeders' Cup:

Three Breeders' Cup hopefuls in the Mark Casse barn are scheduled to work

Monday after the renovation break according to assistant trainer Norman Casse.

Northern Passion, winner of the Grade 3 Natalma in her most recent start, will

start in the Grade 2 Juvenile Fillies Turf or the Grade 1 Juvenile Fillies.

Prospective, who captured the Grade 3 Grey at Woodbine, is under consideration

for the Grade 1 Juvenile Turf and the Grade 1 Juvenile. Spirited Miss, who

finished fourth to her stablemate in the Natalma and second in the Mazarine,

will appear next in the Juvenile Fillies Turf or Juvenile Fillies.

A fourth possible Breeders' Cup starter for Casse is multiple Grade 2-placed

Hailstone, a half-brother to versatile Grade 1 winner Court Vision and a

candidate for the Grade 1 Turf. A four-year-old son of City Zip, Hailstone was

fifth in the Grade 1 Northern Dancer at Woodbine in his most recent start. He

will train up to the race at the Ocala Training Center with the plan to ship to

Churchill Downs during Breeders' Cup week.

My Due Process, who was under consideration for the Juvenile Sprint, will be

pointed to the Grade 2 Pocahontas on opening day of the Churchill Downs fall

meet. The two-year-old daughter of Henny Hughes was victorious in her most

recent start, the Monmouth Park NATC Futurity.

WinStar Farm LLC's Rule, a multiple graded stakes winning millionaire, will

be pointed to the Grade 1 Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs on November 25

instead of the Dirt Mile, according to Todd Pletcher's assistant trainer Mike

McCarthy.