Quietside Back To Work in Hot Springs

Shortleaf Stable's 'TDN Rising Star' Quietside (Malibu Moon) returned to the Oaklawn Park worktab for the first time since taking the Feb. 23 GIII Honeybee Stakes, going a half-mile in :48 flat in the company of her stakes-placed stablemate Spankerboom (Mendelssohn).

“Just a maintenance work,” Ortiz said of Quietside, who covered her final quarter in :23.40 and galloped out five furlongs in 1:00.20 according to track clockers. “Spankerboom always works with her. It was a good work for both. After the wire, I let her gallop out a little bit. Galloped out a minute and change. It was extremely smooth. I've worked her before, but it's been a long time. After this, she feels like two different animals. She's an athlete. She came out of that race breathing a different type of air.”

Connections have Quietside pointed for a start in the Mar. 29 GII Fantasy Stakes, the final Oaklawn lead-up to the GI Kentucky Oaks on May 2.

 

Back to work Saturday morning at Oaklawn for 2025 G3 Honeybee winner Quietside (outside), who goes a half-mile in company under her trainer, @johnnyortiz24. @ShortleafStable homebred pointing for the $750,000 Fantasy Stakes (G2) March 29 at Oaklawn. pic.twitter.com/R4MS2nSdIR

— Robert Yates (@RobertYates1982) March 8, 2025