Nemoralia Gives Noseda Another Shot

Trainer Jeremy Noseda hit one out of the park when Wilko (Awesome Again) , the first horse the conditioner ever started in the Breeders’ Cup, recorded a 28-1 upset over Afleet Alex (Northern Afleet) in the 2004 GI Juvenile at Lone Star Park. Noseda has been out of the top three with his last 11 starters, but he will look to Nemoralia (More Than Ready) to snap the skid in the GI Juvenile Fillies at Keeneland in two weeks’ time.

Runner-up to the well-regarded Ballydoyle (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in a Newmarket maiden July 11, the $140,000 Keeneland November weanling and $170,000 OBS March breezer, graduated over the Kempton all-weather track Aug. 5 and followed up with a Doncaster nursery score Sept. 10. Sent across for the GI Frizette S. at Belmont, she turned in a very respectable runner-up performance behind Nickname (Scat Daddy) and galloped out with good energy.

“She is bred for dirt being by More Than Ready and there were no dirt races for her at home in England,” said Kerri Radcliffe, assistant to Noseda. “The plan always has been the Breeders’ Cup and it was kind of a last-minute deal to go to the Frizette.”

Radcliffe reported that the trainer was due into Lexington Friday and that Nemoralia would breeze Sunday.