Salama (Desert Party) worked four furlongs in :48.80 over a sloppy main track at Keeneland Thursday. She earned a fees-paid berth to the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff in Lexington Oct. 30 via the June 21 G3 Clasico Cesar del Rio at Peru's Hipodromo de Monterrico. Owned by Stud Santa Maria, Salama was transferred to Charlie LoPresti July 27.
“They were looking for a trainer who is based at Keeneland most of the year so she would not have to ship around before the Breeders' Cup,” said Fernando Macchiavello, a Peruvian native who lives in Lexington and represents Stud Santa Maria.
“She has been push button since Day 1,” LoPresti added. “She is a big, tall filly and has done everything right. It is like she has been here all along. She is a class act.”
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