Monomoy Girl Recovering from Mild Case of Colic

The Eclipse Award-winning filly Monomoy Girl is recovering from a mild case of colic that is expected to sideline her for about three weeks and will prevent her from making her eagerly awaited 4-year-old debut May 3 in the $500,000 La Troienne Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs. 



According to trainer Brad Cox, the Kentucky-bred daughter of Tapizar  exited a van ride from Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots to Churchill last week with an upset stomach, then received several days of treatment at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington for dehydration.



Monomoy Girl is now recovering at WinStar Farm near Versailles, Ky., and will be re-evaluated next week to determine when she will resume training. Cox hopes to have her back in his barn by May 1.



"It's unfortunate," Cox said. "The timing is not good, but it is what it is and we have to put the horse first."



Cos said the $700,000 Ogden Phipps Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park June 8 may be a "possibility" for Monomoy Girl's season debut because she has not lost much fitness in the last week, but added that he will not decide on her next start until "she puts in a good (five-furlong workout)."



Monomoy Girl has not raced since she won the Nov. 3 Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) for Sol Kumin's Monomoy Stables, Michael Dubb, Stuart Grant's The Elkstone Group, and Michael Caruso's Bethlehem Stables.



Bred by FPF LLC & Highfield Ranch and bought for $100,000 at the 2016 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, Monomoy Girl currently sits atop the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top 10 poll. She has won nine of 11 starts, five of them grade 1 stakes, and has earned $2,954,759 in her career. She was voted the champion 3-year-old filly in 2018, when her lone loss in seven starts came through a disqualification from first to second Sept. 22 in the $1 million Cotillion Stakes (G1) at Parx Racing.



"In this game you really go through the highs and the lows," said Kumin, co-owner of Coal Front, who won the $1.5 million Godolphin Mile Sponsored by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum City—District One (G2) by three-quarters of a length March 30 at Meydan. "You're on your feet, jumping up down over Coal Front and now you get a punch in the gut like this, but we'll all get through it, including Monomoy Girl."