On Sunday morning, West Coast Stables’ Pride of the Nile worked 6 furlongs in 1:16 on the main track under Ferrin Peterson for trainer Doug O’Neill in preparation for Friday’s $600,000 Central Bank Ashland (G1).

Pride of the Nile shipped to Keeneland the middle of last month after a troubled trip in the Santa Ysabel (G3) at Santa Anita on March 5. 

“I was glad to get her,” said Stephanie Murray, who oversees the O’Neill string at Keeneland. “Today was her third work here. The first time, she worked on the (all-weather) training track because of the rain.” 

Runner-up in the Starlet (G1) and Las Virgenes (G3), Pride of the Nile has compiled 17 points toward the Kentucky Oaks (G1), which ranks 28^th for the race that is limited to the top 14 point earners that pass the entry box. The Central Bank Ashland offers 200 points toward the Oaks on a 100-40-30-20-10 scale for the first- through fifth-place finishers. 

O’Neill is expected to be here Friday, and Frankie Dettori will have the mount on Pride of the Nile.