After a last-place finish this month at Santa Anita in a
Grade 3 race, Sweet Azteca will not be pre-entered into the Nov. 2 running of
the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint at Del Mar.
Trainer Michael McCarthy confirmed the Daily Racing Form
report that quoted him as saying Sweet Azteca has “been quiet for the last five
or six days.”
Sweet Azteca was best-priced in Europe at 4-1 in futures betting for the Filly & Mare Sprint with Ways and Means the 7-2 favorite, according to Oddschecker.
Pam Ziebarth’s Kentucky homebred had her four-race winning
streak snapped when she weakened to fourth place among the four starters as the
1-9 favorite Oct. 5 in the 6 1/2-furlong Chillingworth Stakes.
Sweet Azteca, a 4-year-old filly by Sharp Azteca, built her
past performances on victories this year in the Beholder Mile (G1) at Santa
Anita, the 6 1/2-furlong Great Lady M (G2) at Los Alamitos and the 6
1/2-furlong Rancho Bernardo Handicap (G3) at Del Mar. She owns a 7: 5-0-1
record with $487,200 in earnings.
DRF said there were no plans yet for Sweet Azteca’s
immediate future.
Photo: Jason Moran / Eclipse Sportswire Jockey Mychel Sanchez will serve a seven-day suspension and pay an additional $1,750 in fines
Photo: Gulfstream Park / Lauren King Sovereignty, dramatic late-running winner of the Fountain of Youth (G2) March 1, is being pointed
Photo: Santa Anita / Benoit Photo Cavalieri and Alpha Bella, who finished one-two in the Grade 3 La Cañada in January at Santa Anita,
Photo: Gonzalo Anteliz Jr. / Eclipse Sportswire The stars will shine Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs, and not just in the Grade 3 Tampa Ba