Ouija Board in good shape

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Ouija Board was transferred this week to the track after spending several days at the Shroi quarantine center. The five-year-old was awarded last week the Cartier Horse of the Year prize for the second time, establishing a record.

“She's fit at 463 kilograms, nearly her perfect racing weight. Her exercise this morning was very good and Jason Tate was very pleased with her,” traveling head groom Robin Trevor-Jones explained. “The dirt was in no condition to use so we took her out on the turf course. We don't want any more rain because she likes to race on good to firm going.”

Trevor-Jones also said that they expected to do the same kind of training again, hopefully on the turf. “We're pretty confident that she'll race well,” he told the press. This season, Ouija Board won the Breeder’s Cup Filly and Mare Turf and now she will try to improve her fifth place in last year’s Japan Cup.