Team Valor International's Capla Temptress (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), who burst through a late seam to win Sunday's GI Natalma S. at Woodbine going away, will remain in North America and be transferred to the Bill Mott barn in preparation for a start in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, trainer Marco Botti announced Tuesday.
“The plan before the race was to send her [to Woodbine] and for her to stay in America if she ran well, or was lucky enough to win,” Botti said. “The first step has been achieved and it is the Breeders' Cup next. There was not much point in considering the costs to bring her back [overseas] and send her out again. If they left the filly in my care for seven weeks, it would not be the same as having her with a trainer based there. As much as I would love to have a runner at the Breeders' Cup, we are trying to do the best [thing] for the horse and the owners.”
The bay filly captured her debut on an all-weather surface June 21 at Chelmsford before annexing a Newmarket allowance when switched to turf July 22 and running third in the G3 Sweet Solera S. at the latter oval Aug. 12. With the Natalma being a Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In” event, Capla Temptress has already secured her place in the gate Nov. 3 at Del Mar.
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