The two-time champion mare Monomoy Girl is once again under tack and walking at WinStar Farm and is expected to be back in trainer Brad Cox's barn in about three weeks, but appears unlikely to be ready for the Breeders' Cup in early November.
"She looks amazing," Cox said about the mare owned by Spendthrift Farm, MyRacehorse Stable, and Madaket Stables. "We're optimistic that if all goes well we should have her back in the barn in about three weeks and take her to Ellis Park and then Churchill Downs."
Given that timing, Cox said targets later in the year or next year, such as the Clark Stakes Presented by Norton Healthcare (G1), Cigar Mile (G1), or Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1), are more conceivable targets for her as opposed to the Nov. 6 Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1), a race she has already captured twice in 2018 and 2020.
"We'll talk it over with (Spendthrift's) Ned Toffey (general manger) and Eric Gustavson (owner) and everyone else to come up with a game plan. The Breeders' Cup would be really tight and I don't know if it's a possibility, but there are some other races out there for her. There's no pressure. She's such an accomplished mare and has done so much, she will only run if she's 100% right."
Monomoy Girl, a 6-year-old daughter of Tapizar, was turned out due to minor muscle strains and hamstring soreness after finishing second to Letruska in the April 17 Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) at Oaklawn Park.
The champion 3-year-old filly in 2018 and last year's champion older dirt female, Monomoy Girl has won 14 of 17 starts with earnings of $4,776,818.
She was originally owned by Sol Kumin's Monomoy Stables, Michael Dubb, The Elkstone Group, and Bethlehem Stables and was sold to Spendthrift for $9.5 million from the ELiTE consignment at The November Sale, Fasig-Tipton's selected breeding stock sale in Kentucky, last fall. Spendthrift then leased shares of her racing rights to MyRacehorse and Kumin's Madaket Stables.
