Aloha West, Jackie's Warrior Breeze

The first- and sixth-place finishers from the 2021 Qatar Racing Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) at Del Mar tuned up for a possible return engagement Tuesday morning with bullet 5-furlong works.

Aloha West, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ defending Sprint champion, worked five-eighths in :58.60 with a final quarter-mile of :23 and change and galloped out 6 furlongs in 1:12.40 for trainer Wayne Catalano.

Winner of the Kelly’s Landing Stakes at Churchill Downs in his most recent start on July 2, Aloha West’s work this morning was his fourth since returning to the work tab Oct. 6.

A couple of hours prior to Aloha West’s work, J. Kirk and Judy Robison’s champion Jackie’s Warrior – sixth in last year’s Sprint – worked 5 furlongs in :58.60 in company with County Final, a 4-year-old stakes winner. 

Trained by Steve Asmussen, Jackie’s Warrior produced fractions of :24, :35.60, :46.60, :58.60 and out 6 furlongs in 1:12.

Pre-entries for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland on Nov. 4-5 will be released Wednesday.