The 5-year-old Henny Hughes mare will work five furlongs on Friday morning with regular rider Gary Stevens up.“Richard will let me know in the morning, but he’ll probably want me to go in about a minute,” said Stevens. Gary Stevens This time, jockey Gary Stevens is hanging them up for good. On another picturesque morning at Santa Anita, two-time Eclipse Award Champion mare Beholder registered a strong gallop.Trained by Richard Mandella and owned by B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm, Beholder, fresh off a smashing win versus males in the Grade I Pacific Classic Aug. 22, came on Santa Anita’s main track via the quarter mile chute at 5:50 a.m. and galloped a strong two miles as she prepares for what her connections hope will be a third consecutive win in the Grade I, $300,000 Zenyatta Stakes at Santa Anita Sept. 26. He certainly has the horse to do it.With 8 going postward, Firing Line drew outside in post position 8. Firing Line, by Line of David , passed Dortmund in the Feb. 7 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (gr.

That's a hell of a horse. Off at odds of 4-5 in New York, the 5-year-old mare by Flatter pressed the early pace and took command around the far turn under Joel Rosario.Ridden by Stevens to an impressive win four starts back in the Grade III, 6 ½ furlong Rancho Bernardo Handicap Aug. 16 at Del Mar, Taris could get early pressure from Tara’s Tango or supplemental entrant, Illuminant, who has raced primarily on turf.Still turned out and getting some much-deserved rest at Peacefield Farm in Temecula, Calif., Spendthrift Farm's Beholder is expected to return to the barn of Richard Mandella soon, the trainer said Dec. 30 at Santa Anita Park.It looks as though it will be the red eye for Gary as he has a ride on the 28th on Dortmund in the Native Diver G3. Richard had told me to wait until the quarter pole so I let her extend at the quarter pole and then at the three sixteenths, she wanted to hit the afterburners, but Richard didn’t want anything fancy with her. I said, 'Buddy, your mama could win from here, can you?' Reminiscent of his famed dam, Ziconic was 15 3/4 lengths back—last in the seven-horse field—through a half-mile and rallied furiously. “And we’ll probably go ahead and gallop out seven eighths.”Champion Beholder will target the Oct. 31 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr.

"I think it made a really big impression on Mr. Hughes," Toffey said.

"We all have talked about how fortunate we are to have her, and Mr. Hughes is 82 years old. “I think with every start, we're learning more about Mor Spirit and figuring out what he wants to do. I), will point to the Sept. 26 Zenyatta Stakes (gr. “She just cruised around there,” Stevens reported. I had to let her do a little something the last sixteenth because she wanted to.

- Gary Stevens, jockey of Tale of Verve, who finished seventh.Red hot Ashelyluvssugar heads a field of five 3-year-olds and up inSunday’s Grade II, $200,000 Charles Whittingham Stakes, as the 4-year-old California-bred gelding by Game Plan bids for his second consecutive graded stakes win and his third overall win in a row.Trained by Peter Eurton and owned by his breeders, Sharon Alesia, Bran Jam Stable and Ciaglia Racing, LLC, Ashelyluvssugar rallied from far off the pace under Gary Stevens to take the Grade II, 1 ½ miles turf San Luis Rey Stakes on March 21 and will hope to have a legitimate pace to run at in the Whittingham.Stevens, at 52, has that fire in his eyes again and is looking to play spoiler to American Pharoah’s Triple Crown bid.

Gary began competing while still a teenager, riding In 2005 Stevens retired, and he subsequently worked as a racing analyst, a jockey’s agent, and a trainer.

History at your fingertips "Click to see Barbara Livingston's photo of Gary holding up the colt right front legWIN THE SPACE was second in the Gold Cup at Santa Anita G1 and KOBE'S BACK was third in the TRIPLE BEND G1Watch for Gary and KOBE'S BACK in the Triple Bend G1 on the 25th at Santa Anita - post position 2.Champion Beholder (Henny Hughes) exited her victory in Saturday's GI Vanity Mile "really good," trainer Richard Mandella reported Sunday. "She went over super, super quiet today.

He will have Bolo to his inside and Stanford to his outside. 1 at KeenelandGary and Taris were surprised in deep stretch by a horse coming with a rush outside of them.

Thank you so much for the prayers and well wishes.

I feel way better than when I walked in here this morning. “He's training forwardly since the Futurity and I'm looking forward to his first start since December, so we're excited.Trainer Simon Callaghan’s Taris, a facile winner of the Grade III, one mile Go For Wand Handicap Nov. 27 at Aqueduct, returns to her home base at Santa Anita Saturday and could pose an elusive target on the lead with Gary Stevens engaged to ride.

Surgery went great.

"To get down there and keep his leg elevated, and the doctor got out there quickly to make sure he didn't hurt himself more.

He has a lot of tactical speed but you can't let him use it too early.“We're teaching him to sit and wait. I), Spendthrift general manager Ned Toffey confirmed, and the mare's connections have also decided not to offer her at auction immediately after the World Championships.

The world is essentially her oyster!Two-time Eclipse Award champion Beholder is the 5-2 morning line favorite to become the first female thoroughbred to win Del Mar’s signature race of the summer season, the Grade I $1 million TVG Pacific Classic, Saturday.The brilliant daughter of Henny Hughes, owned by the Spendthrift Farm of B. Wayne Hughes and trained by Hall of Famer Richard Mandella, will have another Hall of Fame member, Gary Stevens, in the saddle as she attempts to further enhance an already dazzling resume.

Stevens was asked just how much he liked Firing Line.

It's great to come back to a screaming crowd in a happy way instead of booing.