In her first work since taking the Oct. 5 Juddmonte Spinster (G1) at Keeneland, Calumet Farm homebred Gin Gin and jockey Luis Saezbreezed a half-mile in :49.40 over a fast track here Thursday morning. The 4-year-old daughter of Hightail is scheduled to make her next start in the Nov. 1, $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) at Del Mar.
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“That was good,” trainer Brendan Walsh said about the move. “We just wanted her to go a nice easy half with a nice gallop out and she did it. Nothing fancy.”
This year, Gin Gin has won two races from five starts with both victories coming at Keeneland at long odds. During the Spring Meet, she won the Baird Doubledogdare (G3) at 38-1. She captured the Juddmonte Spinster at odds of 18-1.
Horses pre-entered in the Distaff include two runners Gin Gin defeated in the Juddmonte Spinster: runner-up Nitrogen and third-place finisher Scylla.
On Monday, Gin Gin will fly to California on a direct flight from Cincinnati.