Racing: Simply Perfect delighted jockey Johnny Murtagh as she stretched her legs at Monmouth Park this morning ahead of the Breeders' Cup Filly And Mare Turf.
The grey went onto the course with Jeremy Noseda's Juvenile Turf challenger Strike The Deal and, after completing a circuit, Murtagh put forward the view his mount has a good chance of getting the 11-furlong trip at the weekend.
Murtagh said: "Simply Perfect was very relaxed with her pony which helped her to settle. She's fresh and well and I'm hoping she'll have every chance of getting the trip as this is a sharp track."
Assessing his other rides, Murtagh reaffirmed the huge task facing Aidan O'Brien's Excellent Art from stall 13 in the Mile.
He added: "It all depends on how well he breaks and from that draw you could end up four or five wide. I'll be riding for luck."
Murtagh rides Achill Island for O'Brien in the Juvenile Turf and he went on: "Aidan's two-year-olds are starting to run well and the form of this colt has stood up well."
In further action on the track this morning, Jimmy O'Neill put John Oxx's Timarwa through her paces on the turf.
The filly went out with Jeremy and afterwards O'Neill said: "The filly is in good form. She runs her last race in the Filly And Mare. Afterwards she'll remain in the States to be covered by one of the Kentucky-based stallions."
