Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings and Philip Steinberg's Got Lucky (A.P. Indy) exited her victory in Sunday's GI Juddmonte Spinster S. in fine shape and will now be aimed at the Oct. 30 GI Breeders Cup Distaff.
“I was very pleased with the way she looked this morning,” trainer Todd Pletcher said. “She seemed bright, alert and happy. It was a great run from her and we're very happy and proud that she was able to accomplish that.”
Of a tilt at the Breeders' Cup, Pletcher added, “She got a great race over the track and assuming she trains accordingly, that would be the next goal.”
Got Lucky could again match strides with Spinster runner-up Untapable (Tapit), whom she beat by just a neck Sunday at Keeneland, in the Distaff.
“She got beat by six-hundredths of a second,” David Fiske, racing manager for owner Winchell Thoroughbreds, said. “That is like missing a two-foot putt to win the Masters.”
The defending Distaff champion, Untapable will continue preparations for the Breeders' Cup at Keeneland, along with stablemate Tapiture (Tapit). Second in last year's GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, Tapiture worked a half-mile at Keeneland Monday in :50.60.
Also aiming for the Distaff is Spinster third-place finisher Yahilwa (Medaglia d'Oro). The filly was beaten just a neck and a head in a blanket finish.
“She did all the dirty work and was still there at the end,” said Matt Williams, assistant to trainer Jim Cassidy. “She is fine this morning and she will stay here.”
Spinster fourth-place finisher Frivolous (Empire Maker) also has the Distaff as her next target.
“I thought the nine hole would be perfect yesterday where she could control things, but she kind of crumpled coming out of the gate and that didn't work out,” trainer Vicki Oliver said. “She was farther back than I thought she would be and was outside. We ran 39 feet further than the winner, who was inside, and that's about six lengths and she got beat by four.”
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