Hungry
Island, upset winner of the Grade 2 Woodford
Reserve Lake Placid on August 21 at Saratoga Race Course, turned in her second
work since the 1 1/8-mile turf race, covering a half-mile over the main track in
47.43 on Sunday morning at
Belmont
Park.
“She went like clockwork,” said
Buzz Tenney, assistant to Shug McGaughey, who trains the filly for Emory
Hamilton. “I think that last race was obviously her best race. All summer long
we’ve seen improvement and I think there’s room for more improvement, too.”
The 3-year-old daughter of More
Than Ready is headed for a rematch with Lake Placid favorite and fourth-place
finisher Winter Memories in the
Grade 1 Garden City at
Belmont
Park on Saturday, September 17.
Hungry
Island started her career against Winter Memories,
finishing third behind the gray filly in a turf maiden race at
Belmont last September, and
is undefeated in her four most recent starts.