CCA Oaks Winner Maracuja to Receive Freshening

Trainer Rob Atras reports that Maracuja , winner of the Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) in July at Saratoga Race Course, will get about 60 days of rest at Jim and Susan Hill's Margaux Farm in Midway, Ky. 

Atras said he is targeting a spring-to-summer return for the sophomore daughter of Honor Code  , who handed leading 3-year-old filly Malathaat  her only loss in the CCA Oaks. Maracuja was previously seventh in the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs following a second-place finish in the Gazelle Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct Racetrack. 

"She'll get roughly 60 days and start some light training before coming back," Atras said. "She hasn't had a break since late in her 2-year-old year, so we decided to give her one."

Owned by Beach Haven Thoroughbreds, Medallion Racing, Parkland Thoroughbreds, and Barry Fowler, Maracuja was a troubled fourth last out in the Cotillion Stakes (G1) Sept. 25 at Parx Racing, finishing 3 1/4 lengths behind the winner Clairiere . 

"Things just didn't work out her way," Atras said. "Unfortunately, she got bumped at the break forcing her down to the rail and she doesn't like to be there. She ran a good race, but she just didn't quite have it."

Bred in Kentucky by River Bend Farm, Austin Musselman, and Janie Musselman, Maracuja has compiled a 2-2-1 record from eight starts and earnings of $473,400.