Che Evasora (Arg) (Greenspring), who earned an automatic berth in the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff with her win in the May 1 G1 Gran Premio Criadores, returned to the work tab Saturday at Santa Anita, going four furlongs in :50.60 (61/79) Saturday in Arcadia. The 6-year-old mare remains under consideration for championship weekend despite being eased while making her U.S. debut in the GII Zenyatta Stakes Sept. 29.
“She went good. It was her first breeze back and I just wanted to give her something easy,” said trainer Phil D'Amato.
In the Zenyatta, Che Evasora flashed early speed under Antonio Fresu before taking up a stalking position down the backstretch. On the second turn, she began to drop back before ultimately being eased.
“I would say draw a line through the last,” D'Amato said. “I don't know why she was so rank. But we're going to get her in the style she won with down in South America. She came from way out of it.”
Of plans for the mare, D'Amato said, “We're looking to run her in the Breeders' Cup.”
The trainer added the GIII Bayakoa Stakes on the Breeders' Cup undercard was a fallback option.
Also returning to the work tab for D'Amato Saturday was Grade I winner Gold Phoenix (Ire) (Belardo {Ire}), who is pointing to the GI Breeders' Cup Turf. The 6-year-old gelding, most recently fifth in the GII California Crown John Henry Stakes, worked a half mile on the training track in :49.00 (10/23).
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