Judy the Beauty (Ghostzapper), preparing to defend her title in the GI Breeders' Cup F/M Sprint, worked five furlongs at Keeneland Monday in 1:01.80 (video). The 6-year-old mare, working in company with maiden winner Kitten's Top Cat (Kitten's Joy), worked in fractions of :13.60, :25.60, :37.60 and out six furlongs in 1:16.80. Kieren Fallon was aboard for the work.
“I was really happy with it,” owner-trainer Wesley Ward said. “She just raced and I didn't want her to do too much.”
Judy the Beauty is winless in three starts this year, with a narrowly beaten runner-up effort in the GI Humana Distaff H. followed by a third-place effort in the July 29 GII Honorable Miss S. She was most recently third after a troubled trip in the Oct. 3 GII Thoroughbred Club of America S.
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