Bound for England on Wednesday, Stonestreet Stables, George Bolton and Peter Leidel's Lady Aurelia (Scat Daddy) breezed five panels in 1:02 (1/3) over the firm Keeneland sod in company with Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf hero Hootenanny (Quality Road), who finished a half-length back in 1:03 flat (2/3) (video). It was the fourth work at Keeneland since the 'TDN Rising Star' saluted in the G1 King's Stand S. for trainer Wesley Ward at Royal Ascot on June 20. She is slated to contest the G1 Coolmore Nunthorpe S. at York on Aug. 25.
“I called Wesley and it sounded like a perfect work,” said co-owner George Bolton. “She's ready to leave tomorrow for England.”
A winner of the G2 Queen Mary S. during the 2016 Royal Meeting, Lady Aurelia added the G1 Darley Prix Morny last August at Deauville, before suffering her only defeat when third in the G1 Cheveley Park S. at Newmarket that September. She resumed this year with a win in the Listed Giant's Causeway S. at Keeneland, before her King's Stand tally.
Fellow Royal Ascot winner and 'Rising Star' Con Te Partiro (Scat Daddy) also worked at Keeneland, covering five furlongs in 1:03 even (2/3) (video). The Hat Creek Racing colourbearer captured the Listed Sandringham H. over a mile June 21.
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