Beautiful Gift in the Las Cienegas today looks interesting. She was a highly regarded filly last year, obviously got hurt, and comes back in a 6 1/2 furlong down the hill race. Is Baffert just using this as a prep, or does he foresee a future on the grass for this filly? She's got some grass breeding on both sides of her pedigree (El Prado/Sadler's Wells on the male side, and Zilzal/Nureyev/Irish River on the female side), so it's not crazy that she might like the surface.
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