A trio of horses from trainer Todd Pletcher's barn pointing towards the Oct. 30 and 31 Breeders' Cup championship weekend worked at Keeneland Monday.
Teresa Viola Racing Stables' GI Woodward S. winner Liam's Map (Unbridled's Song) worked a half-mile in :48.60 (video). Clockers caught the 4-year-old in fractions of :11.80, :23.80, :48.60 and galloping out in 1:01.20 and 1:13.40.
“I thought he worked very well,” Pletcher said of Liam's Map. “He was relaxed, seemed to get over the track in good order and galloped out really well. I was happy.”
Liam's Map could start in either the Oct. 30 GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile or Oct. 31 GI Breeders' Cup Classic.
Rachel's Valentina (Bernardini) and Stopchargingmaria (Tale of the Cat) worked in company in :48 (video). Clockers caught the pair in :24.40 and :48, galloping out in 1:01.20.
“We generally work both of them in company,” Pletcher said. “I just felt like they were on similar schedules and would make good workmates, which they did. I thought it was a very productive breeze for both of them. Both of them seemed happy.”
Stonestreet Thoroughbred's GI Spinaway S. winner Rachel's Valentina starts next in the Oct. 31 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. Town and Country Farms' Stopchargingmaria, a two-time Grade III winner this term and coming off a fourth-place effort in the Aug. 29 GI Personal Ensign S., goes postward in the Oct. 30 GI Breeders' Cup Distaff.
Pletcher's barn at Keeneland also includes Breeders' Cup hopefuls: Curalina (Curlin) (pointing to the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff), Dame Dorothy (Bernardini) (GI Breeders' Cup F/M Sprint), Mshawish (Medaglia d'Oro) (GI Breeders' Cup Mile); Rock Fall (Speightstown) (GI Breeders' Cup Sprint); Azar (Scat Daddy) (GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf); and Thrilled (Unclel Mo) (GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf).
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