Lady Eli Works Toward 2015 Debut
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Lady Eli, winner of the 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IT), worked five furlongs April on Keeneland's yielding turf course in 1:04 4/5 in preparation for the $125,000 Appalachian Stakes Presented by Japan Racing Association (gr. IIIT).
Clockers caught the Divine Park filly trained by Chad Brown for Sheep Pond Partners in :23 3/5 for the final quarter-mile. Undefeated in three career starts, Lady Eli has earned $719,800.
"She looked really good," Brown said of the filly who will be making her 2015 debut in the April 12 Appalachian at a mile on grass. "She worked fabulous, so she's ready to go for Sunday."
Brown said Lady Eli received some time off following the Breeders' Cup and spent a "quiet winter down in Florida. We gradually started to pick up her training at Palm Meadows, and she's picked it up nicely each week."
Brown also said Bobby's Kitten, winner of the 2014 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IT), is expected to join his Keeneland string in the coming days after completing a freshening at owner Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Ramsey Farm near Nicholasville, Ky.