Calumet Farm homebred Gin Gin (Hightail) and Morplay Racing and Qatar Racing's Shisospicy (Mitole) turned in works over the Keeneland main track Thursday morning in advance of next weekend's Breeders' Cup World Championships at Del Mar.
Returning to the worktab for the first time since narrowly defeating top 3-year-old filly Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro) in the GI Juddmonte Spinster Stakes on Oct. 5, Gin Gin had Luis Saez in the irons when covering a half-mile in :49.40 (20/48) (video). Gin Gin, whose sire–a son of Mineshaft–won the short-lived Breeders' Cup Juvenile Sprint at Santa Anita in 2012.
“That was good,” trainer Brendan Walsh said about the move. “We just wanted her to go a nice easy half with a nice gallop out and she did it. Nothing fancy.”
Gin Gin is an intended runner in the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff.
Shisospicy, a 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard, is set to face the boys in the GI Prevagen Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint and went three-eighths of a mile in :37 flat (video) with Irad Ortiz, Jr. at the controls.
“Excellent,” trainer Jose D'Angelo said about the work. “That is what we were looking for. Three furlongs with a gallop out. Easy, very good. We are happy.”
Shisospicy was last seen winning the GII AGS Music City Stakes at Kentucky Downs on Sept. 6. Both Gin Gin and Shisospicy are booked on direct flight on Monday from Cincinnati to California.
⭐️ “From the first workout, I told the owner 'We have a special horse here.'”
🗣️ Hear from trainer @JFDAngelo as he discusses MGW and #OBSGrad Shisospicy 🌶️ ahead of her @BreedersCup run for @MorplayRacing @Qatar_Racing. pic.twitter.com/PJT540jw98— OBSSales (@OBSSales) October 23, 2025
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