Godolphin's Frosted (Tapit) was heading back to Kiaran McLaughlin's Saratoga base Sunday morning, a day after his scintillating victory in the GI Metropolitan H.
“That race yesterday was just a 'wow' race. It was fabulous,” McLaughlin said of the Met Mile. “We were just like in shock; speechless, really. It was incredible to watch it unfold. You say to yourself, 'What'd we do different to make him run like that,' but it's hard to say.”
Looking ahead for Frosted's next start, McLaughlin added, “We kind of need to look at it, but probably the [Aug. 6 GI] Whitney would be the right spot. It's 60 days. Last year he was running often. Now when you look, we gave him a little time into Dubai's prep race and he ran huge. He ran well in the World Cup, but he was wide and finished fifth, but I feel like we were second best. Then we came back here and gave him 70 days and he won like that. We don't probably want to go every 30 days. We'll probably wait for the Whitney.”
McLaughlin also won Saturday's GI Ogden Phipps S. with Stonestreet Farm's Cavorting (Bernardini).
“She's gotten really good,” McLaughlin said of Cavorting. “She's always been a really nice filly, but the one turn helps and settling her. We've gotten her back off the pace twice now. Where we go, what we do, we'll have to see. Most likely we're going to see if she can get two turns at Saratoga.”
Kareena (Medaglia d'Oro), winner of Friday's Jersey Girl S. in near-track record time in just her third lifetime start, will likely make her next start in the Aug. 6 GI Longines Test S.
“I'm not sure about the time, but it was a great win,” McLaughlin said. “It was huge. Again, she's been training at Saratoga and doing well. Everybody up there has done a great job. We'll look at the Test for her. A lot of people thought we maybe should have been in [Saturday's GI] Acorn, but it was only her third start and we thought it was a bit much. We weren't looking to run against those type yet.”
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