Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Less than three weeks until the Breeders’ Cup Distaff on Oct. 31, two-time Eclipse Award winner Beholder had a Sunday morning workout at Santa Anita Park.<\/p>\n
Trained by Richard Mandella, the 4-year-old filly went five furlongs in 1:02.20 with her regular rider Mike Smith in the saddle.<\/p>\n
“She worked in the fog so I didn’t see it,” Mandella said of Beholder. “She went real nice, though.<\/p>\n
“She’ll get a bigger work next week, but she’s in great shape.”<\/p>\n
The champion 2-year-old filly of 2012 and last year’s champion 3-year-old filly has the chance to join Bayakoa and Royal Delta as the only winners of consecutive Distaffs. She is expected to face last year’s runner-up Close Hatches in the 1 1\/8-mile race along with leading 3-year-old filly Untapable.<\/p>\n
Beholder won her second straight Zenyatta Stakes on Sept. 27 at Santa Anita in her first start after suffering a cut on her left hind pastern during the 1 1\/16-mile Ogden Phipps Stakes at Belmont Park in June when she finished fourth to Close Hatches as the even-money favorite.<\/p>\n
Owned by Spendthrift Farm, Beholder won the Santa Lucia Stakes at Santa Anita on April 20 in her seasonal debut, more than four months after winning the Breeders’ Cup Distaff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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