Super Majesty Eyes Breeders’ Cup
Updated: October 12, 2015 at 9:55 pm
By Ben Massam
LNJ Foxwoods’s Super Majesty (Super Saver), “TDN Rising Star” and recent winner of the GIII Dogwood S. at Churchill Downs, is being pointed to a start in the GI Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, according to bloodstock agent and Foxwoods business partner Alex Solis II. The filly is currently stabled at Keeneland and is scheduled to work Tuesday morning at the Lexington oval.
Solis said that the original plan was to run Super Majesty in Saturday’s GII Lexus Raven Run S. but the owners and trainer Jerry Hollendorfer opted to call an audible after she worked impressively over the local surface.
“My dad [regular rider Alex Solis] flew out to work her [at Keeneland] when Jerry was here last week and they both came home with raving reviews,” Solis commented. “They wanted to give the Breeders’ Cup a go, so we’ll run her in the Filly and Mare Sprint [Oct. 31].”
Super Majesty annexed her first two starts and checked in a narrowly beaten second in an Aug. 23 allowance event at Del Mar. The bay ventured out of California for the first time in the Dogwood and was never threatened in a wire-to-wire 1 3/4-length score.
Super Majesty will join Nickname (Scat Daddy) to form a pair of ‘Foxwoods’ fillies competing in the world championships. The juvenile, who recently captured the GI Frizette S. at Belmont Oct. 4, registered her first workout since that authoritative triumph with a five-furlong breeze in 1:01.80 Monday at Keeneland. Solis said the Steve Asmussen trainee emerged from her race in good order and is on target for a start in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Oct. 31.
“Steve seemed very happy with her,” Solis said. “He said she worked really nicely [Monday morning], just a nice easy breeze to keep her fit. We’ll tighten the screws a little more next week and get ready for the big dance.”
One day after Nickname scored in the Frizette, LNJ Foxwoods and Asmussen found themselves in the Belmont winner’s circle again with “TDN Rising Star” Inheritance (Tapit), who graduated by a dominant 16 lengths in her second career start. The gray set an all-time OBS Sales record after being acquired for $1.9 million by Solis & Litt Bloodstock at the April Sale, and Solis says the connections are taking a long-term approach with their promising prospect.
“She came out of the race really well and we’re going to give her a little bit of time now,” he explained. “We’re hoping she’s a filly for the spring next year. We’ve got Nickname going to the Breeders’ Cup and some other fillies running, so I think we’ll give [Inheritance] a little time now and get her ready for next year. ”
Solis added that LNJ Foxwoods will be in graded stakes action on both coasts with another pair of fillies this weekend, including their third “TDN Rising Star”, Constellation (Bellamy Road), who is scheduled to start in the GII Matron over six furlongs at Belmont this Sunday. In California, 3-year-old Dreamologist (Tapit) will make her first appearance since a wire-to-wire maiden score in Saturday’s GIII Autumn Miss S. The gray is a daughter of 2006 Champion 2-year-old filly Dreaming of Anna (Rahy).