Distaff Contender Yahilwa in Keeneland Breeze
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Yahilwa worked five furlongs in :58 2/5 Oct. 15 at Keeneland.
D. P. Racing's Yahilwa, a candidate for the Oct. 30 Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (gr. I), worked five furlongs in :58 2/5 under exercise rider Aime Williams Oct. 15 at Keeneland after the renovation break.
Working on her own, Yahilwa reeled off fractions of :11 3/5, :22 4/5, :34 3/5, :46 3/5, and galloped out six furlongs in 1:12 1/5.
"That was awesome," Williams said. "She was relaxed and galloped out strong."
It was the first work for the Jim Cassidy trainee, a 5-year-old daughter of Medaglia d'Oro since she finished a close third in the Juddmonte Spinster Stakes (gr. I) Oct. 4.
"After the Spinster, when we took her back to the track the first couple days we jogged her thinking the race may have taken something out of her," Williams said. "But she is way stronger now than she was before the race. She really likes it here."
Yahilwa is scheduled to work once more before the Breeders' Cup, possibly Oct. 22, Williams said.