Perfect Shirl headed to South America for Pellegrini

Charles Fipke's Perfect Shirl, last-out winner of the Breeders' Cup Filly &

Mare Turf at Churchill Downs on November 4, will likely make her next start in

the Group 1 Gran Premio Internacional Carlos Pellegrini at San Isidro Race

Course in Buenos Aires on December 17.

Trainer Roger Attfield confirmed by phone Thursday afternoon that

preparations are underway for the four-year-old homebred daughter of Perfect

Soul to make her way from Florida to Argentina and gave the filly's owner all

the credit for coming up with the out-of-the-box idea.

"Mr. Fipke is looking forward to going there and we have put the wheels in

motion," Attfield explained. "The original plan was to go to Hong Kong (for the

Group 1 Hong Kong Vase on December 11), but we weren't able to do that. Then,

the next thing I know, Mr. Fipke is suggesting the Pellegrini, so that's what

we're going to do."

The bay filly shipped down to Payson Park in the few days following her 27-1

upset on Breeders' Cup Friday and had her first breeze back November 23, going

five furlongs over the deep surface in 1:00 1/5, fastest of four moves at the

distance.