One day after being named a finalist for champion 3-year-old filly of
2010, Blind Luck moved a step closer to her 2011 debut by working a
sharp seven furlongs at Santa Anita on Friday morning. What was more
impressive, though, was the gallop out. The relentless mighty mite went
out another seven furlongs, coming around to the furlong pole, before
finally stopping.
"We think we have her ready. She should be plenty fit now," Jerry
Hollendorfer, her trainer and co-owner, said in what, seven days into
the year, ranks as the understatement of 2011.
Blind Luck, last year's Kentucky Oaks winner, is set to race next Sunday
in the Grade 2, $150,000 El Encino Stakes for 4-year-old fillies at 1
1/16 miles on the main track. It will be her first start since finishing
second in the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic two months ago. On Friday,
Blind Luck was timed in 1:25.20 for seven furlongs with exercise rider
Marco Ramirez. Hollendorfer had her final furlong in less than 12
seconds, and he had her going out a mile, to the seven-eighths pole, in
1:39.
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