Cypress Creek Equine and Madaket Stables' Bless the Broken (Laoban) worked five furlongs in company in 1:00.80 (3/21) Wednesday morning at Keeneland as she prepares for her next start in the $1.5-million GI Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on May 2.
“This is the first time I have worked her, and she worked nice,” said Velazquez of Bless the Broken, who breezed in the company of her unraced Will Walden stablemate Mackave (Quality Road).
Second to Simply Joking (Practical Joke) in the Jan. 18 Silverbulletday Stakes and third to undefeated Good Cheer (Medaglia d'Oro) in the GII Rachel Alexandra Stakes Feb. 15, the dark bay filly punched her ticket to the Oaks with a 2 3/4-length success in the Bourbonette Oaks at Turfway Park Mar. 22. John Velazquez had the call for the first time that afternoon and has the assignment in the Oaks.
“I thought it went well this morning,” Walden said about the work. “This is the one we wanted to get the most out of, and I think we did.
“She's a filly that likes a routine, and we shipped her up to Turfway right after the Rachel Alexandra for the Bourbonette. “She has done very well in Kentucky.”
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