Trainer Dallas Stewart was looking to finalize plans Thursday for Charles E. Fipke's Grade I-winning filly Forever Unbridled (Unbridled's Song) and graded stakes-placed Tale of Verve (Tale of Ekati).
Friday, Forever Unbridled is scheduled to breeze for the fourth time since arriving at Saratoga, with the Grade I Personal Ensign S. Aug. 27 still her target for the summer. The 4-year-old has picked up graded stakes victories in the Grade III Houston Ladies Classic and Grade I Apple Blossom H. this year before finishging second in the Grade I Ogden Phipps June 11 at Belmont Park.
“She's doing really well,” Stewart told the NYRA notes team. “We'll watch the weather with the forecast calling for rain [Friday], but I think we'll be okay early in the a.m., so hopefully we can get her done.”
Tale of Verve, who upset an allowance race at Saratoga July 23, besting heavily favored My Man Sam (Trappe Shot), is under consideration for the GI Woodward S. Sept. 3, according to Stewart.
“He worked last week,” Stewart said. “He'll probably work tomorrow a little bit. We're trying to figure out what to do with him next. Maybe the Woodward, it's certainly an option, but we'll see how it shapes out. The horses we bought here are healthy, so that's the main thing for us. Now we'll see how they compete.”
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