Mohaymen, Songbird work for seasonal
bows
Eclipse Award finalists Mohaymen and Songbird both worked toward their
respective three-year-old debuts on Friday.
Remsen (G2) and Nashua (G2) winner Mohaymen, targeting the Holy Bull at
Gulfstream Park on January 30, covered four furlongs in :47 4/5 at Palm Meadows
in a work that pleased trainer Kiaran McLaughlin.
At Santa Anita,
likely juvenile filly champion Songbird tuned up for the Las Virgenes (G2) on
February 6 with a bullet five-furlong move in :58 1/5.
For the full details of the works and trainer reaction, visit the
TwinSpires.com blog via the above links.
Also at the TwinSpires blog on Friday:
Kellie Reilly argues that
three horses were regrettably snubbed as finalists in Eclipse Award balloting,
and also defends the candidacy of Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) winner Found as 2015
champion three-year-old filly.
Vance Hanson, in a handicapping features,
sees Saturday’s Ft. Lauderdale (G2) and Sham (G3) as ripe pickings for a pair of
horses seeking their first career stakes wins.
International Star returns to the site of his biggest career victory to date
when taking on six rivals in the Louisiana S. at Fair Grounds on January 16.
It will be only the second start for the Ken and Sarah Ramsey colorbearer since
taking the 2015 Louisiana Derby (G2) last March 28.