Earlier than a large group of horses breeze within the coming days for the Nov. 5-6 Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar, a handful of pre-entered Breeders’ Cup horses notched exercises Oct. 27, together with Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T) automated qualifier California Angel .
The California Chrome 2-year-old filly, who earned a “Win and You’re In” berth with an upset in the JPMorgan Chase Jessamine Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland, breezed 5 furlongs in 1:01 at Indiana Grand for coach George Leonard.
“She labored very well,” stated Leonard. “Every part went as deliberate. She’s going to ship out Monday to California.”
The Chris Walsh-owned filly, a winner in two of three begins, would be the first Breeders’ Cup starter for her proprietor and coach.
Different pre-entered horses that labored Wednesday, all overlaying 5 furlongs, included Stilleto Boy (:59 4/5 at Santa Anita Park), Grafton Street (:58 2/5 on Woodbine‘s Tapeta floor), Sequist (1:02 1/5 at Churchill Downs), and Sumter (1:00 1/5 at Santa Anita).
Stilleto Boy is a pre-entrant to the Longines Breeders’ Cup Basic (G1) and Massive Ass Followers Breeders’ Cup Filth Mile (G1), with the Basic first choice. Grafton Road is a Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) pre-entrant, and Sequist is amongst 9 pre-entries for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1). Sumter is the ultimate alternate for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Dash (G2T) and seems unlikely to realize entrance in an oversubscribed race.
