Smart Call goes into quarantine later this month with the Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita in California in the first week in November her ultimate target, writes Michael Clower.
Alec Laird – on the move
Alec Laird said: “We plan to get her to England in June when she will stay at Mary Slack’s Abington Place stables in Newmarket with me as the trainer.
“We haven’t yet decided whether she should have her prep races in England. France would also be a possibility although America might offer a softer option.
“On the other hand it might make more sense to travel to America with the other UK horses going for the Breeders’ Cup. But we now know that we have the best horse in South Africa to send there.”
True.
The daughter of Ideal World didn’t just beat her male opponents, she absolutely slaughtered them, coming right away in the final 200m to put three and a half lengths between herself and Queen’s Plate winner Legal Eagle.
The 8-1 chance’s time of 2 min 3.17 sec has been bettered only three times in the last 15 Mets – by Pocket Power in 2007, River Jetez three years later and Martial Eagle in 2013.
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